counterclaim

English Thesaurus

1. a claim filed in opposition to another claim in a legal action (noun.act)

hypernym	:	action, action at law, legal action,
definition	:	a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong (noun.act)

domain category	:	jurisprudence, law,
definition	:	the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun.group)

2. set up a claim in opposition to a previous claim (verb.communication)

hypernym	:	claim,
definition	:	ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example (verb.communication)

domain category	:	jurisprudence, law,
definition	:	the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun.group)

3. a claim filed in opposition to another claim in a legal action (noun.act)

derivation	:	counterclaim,
definition	:	set up a claim in opposition to a previous claim (verb.communication)

4. set up a claim in opposition to a previous claim (verb.communication)

derivation	:	counterclaim,
definition	:	a claim filed in opposition to another claim in a legal action (noun.act)

5. a claim filed in opposition to another claim in a legal action (noun.act)

derivation	:	counterclaim,
definition	:	set up a claim in opposition to a previous claim (verb.communication)

6. set up a claim in opposition to a previous claim (verb.communication)

derivation	:	counterclaim,
definition	:	a claim filed in opposition to another claim in a legal action (noun.act)