counterclaim

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
counterclaim
    n 1: a claim filed in opposition to another claim in a legal
         action
    v 1: set up a claim in opposition to a previous claim
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Counterclaim \Coun"ter*claim`\ (-kl[=a]m`), n. (Law)
   A claim made by a person as an offset to a claim made on him.
   [1913 Webster]
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
24 Moby Thesaurus words for "counterclaim":
      confutation, confute, contraremonstrance, counteraccusation,
      counterblast, countercharge, counterdemand, counterreply,
      counterstatement, defense, make a rebuttal, rebut, rebuttal,
      rebutter, refutation, refute, rejoin, rejoinder, replication,
      surrebut, surrebuttal, surrebutter, surrejoin, surrejoinder
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