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Counterclaim   /kˈaʊntərklˌeɪm/   Listen
Counterclaim

noun
1.
A claim filed in opposition to another claim in a legal action.





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... undisturbed by the demands of litigants," ibid. 500-501. The Court went on to hold that when the United States took possession of the assets of Fleet Corporation and assumed its obligations, it did not waive its immunity from suit in a State court on a counterclaim based on the Corporation's breach of contract, ibid. 505. Any consent to be sued will not be held to embrace action in the federal courts unless the language giving consent is clear. Great Northern Life Ins. Co. v. Read, ...
— The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation • Edward Corwin


Words linked to "Counterclaim" :   jurisprudence, action, claim, action at law, legal action, law


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