Thesaurus results for COUNTERCLAIM

counterclaim

noun

as in complaint

a court case brought against the plaintiff of another court case by the defendant The defendant filed a counterclaim for his own injuries, claiming that he only rear-ended the plaintiff because she had stopped too fast.

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Recent Examples on the Web The jury did not find for May on his counterclaim against Bungie. —

Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 28 May 2024 The bank filed a statement of defense and counterclaim on Aug. 16. —

Sydney Lake, Fortune, 13 Sep. 2024 As one litigation comms expert told Axios, doing so previews legal arguments (which allows your opponent more time to prepare), dilutes the impact of the actual filing and sets up possible defamation counterclaims. —

Eleanor Hawkins, Axios, 8 Aug. 2024 Fox has since filed a counterclaim in the New York Supreme Court, accusing the company of filing a frivolous lawsuit. —

Kimi Robinson, USA TODAY, 18 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for counterclaim

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