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Definition of Counterplea
1. Noun. A plaintiff's reply to a defendant's plea.
Definition of Counterplea
1. Noun. (legal) A plea made in opposition to another. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Counterplea
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Counterplea
Literary usage of Counterplea
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Digest of the Laws of England by Anthony Hammond, John Comyns (1826)
"And it will be a good counterplea if the tenant, who vouches, ... 40. in writs
of right, and also in possessory write, there shall be a counterplea, ..."
2. A Treatise on the Pleadings and Practice in Real Actions: With Precedents of by Charles Jackson (1828)
"The counterplea of the aid-prayer is as follows: And the said D. says that the
said T. ought not to have aid of the said SA because he says that the said SA ..."
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