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Definition of Counterclaims

1. counterclaim [v] - See also: counterclaim

Lexicographical Neighbors of Counterclaims

Literary usage of Counterclaims

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cases on Procedure, Annotated: Code Pleading by Edson Read Sunderland (1913)
"The answer sets up a number of counterclaims founded upon judgments recovered by third ... These counterclaims were demurred to upon several grounds, ..."

2. The Law and Practice in Bankruptcy Under the National Bankruptcy Act of 1898 by William Miller Collier, William Horace Hotchkiss, Frank Bixby Gilbert (1914)
"Set-offs and counterclaims.—a In all cases of mutual debts or mutual credits between the ... SET-OFFS AND counterclaims. I. Set-offs in Bankruptcy, 973. a. ..."

3. The Law and Practice in Bankruptcy Under the National Bankruptcy Act of 1898 by William Miller Collier, William Horace Hotchkiss, Frank Bixby Gilbert, Fred Eugene Rosbrook (1921)
"Set-offs and counterclaims.—a In all cases of mutual debts or mutual credits between the estate of a bankrupt and a creditor the account shall be stated and ..."

4. International Arbitral Law and Procedure: Being a Résumé of the Procedure by Jackson Harvey Ralston (1910)
"counterclaims AND SET-OFF 293. Ordinarily at least, questions of set-off and ... In the consideration of these counterclaims, the umpire rejected a claim ..."

5. The Law and Practice in Bankruptcy Under the National Bankruptcy Act of 1898 by William Miller Collier, William Horace Hotchkiss, Frank Bixby Gilbert (1907)
"Set-off* and counterclaims— a In all cases of mutual debts or mutual credits between the estate of a bankrupt and a creditor the account shall be stated and ..."

6. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1911)
"If his counterclaims could be considered bona fide, he might have the right to ... But the case is too pregnant with the fact that his counterclaims are ..."

7. A Treatise on Federal Practice, Civil and Criminal: Including Practice in by Roger Foster (1920)
"counterclaims and set-offs. Set-offs and counterclaims should be pleaded in accordance with the State practice.1 An equitable set-off can now be pleaded in ..."

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