re·con·ven·tion·al demand | \ ˌrē-kən-ˈven-chə-nəl- \
Legal Definition of reconventional demand
in the civil law of Louisiana : counterclaim allowed to make a reconventional demand arising from a different transaction with the plaintiff
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