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Definition of Counterpart
1. Noun. A person or thing having the same function or characteristics as another.
Generic synonyms: Equivalent
Specialized synonyms: Match, Mismatch, Complement
2. Noun. A duplicate copy.
Definition of Counterpart
1. n. A part corresponding to another part; anything which answers, or corresponds, to another; a copy; a duplicate; a facsimile.
Definition of Counterpart
1. Noun. Either of two parts that fit together, or complement one another. ¹
2. Noun. (legal) A duplicate of a legal document. ¹
3. Noun. One which resembles another ¹
4. Noun. One which has corresponding functions or characteristics. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Counterpart
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Counterpart
Literary usage of Counterpart
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Woodfall's Law of Landlord and Tenant by William Woodfall (1890)
"Costs of Lease and counterpart. (a) By whom payable. Costs of lease and counterpart.
— The lease and counterpart are usually prepared by the lessor's ..."
2. A General Abridgment of Law and Equity: Alphabetically Digested Under Proper by Charles Viner (1793)
"I, TF diere happens to be any variance between the indenture and •*• counterpart,
it (hall be taken as the deed of the grantor ¡s; and the other ..."
3. A Treatise on the Law of Evidence by Simon Greenleaf (1899)
"copy of the original.1 It may further be noticed that when documents of title or
obligation are made in counterpart, each counterpart is usually to be ..."
4. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1901)
"1887) was in effect, § 579 whereof provided that "the writ of prohibition is the
counterpart of the writ of mandate. It arrests the proceedings of any ..."
5. Roman Law in the Modern World by Charles Phineas Sherman (1922)
"The Corpus Juris Canonici is a counterpart of the Justinian codification as to name.
The appellation "Corpus Juris Canonici" to denote the law of the ..."
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