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Definition of Countersuit
1. Noun. A suit brought against someone who has sued you.
Definition of Countersuit
1. Noun. (legal) A lawsuit filed against a party that has filed a suit against one. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Countersuit
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Countersuit
Literary usage of Countersuit
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Financing an Enterprise by Hugh Ronald Conyngton (1921)
"The Eastman Company immediately retaliated by bringing a countersuit against ...
The Goodwin Company decided to await the result of the countersuit before ..."
2. The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science by Johns Hopkins University (1907)
"Draper, on February 1, brought a countersuit as Calvert's attorney against
Cornwallis for two hundred and ninety-six pounds of tobacco, but the court ..."
3. The Harleian Miscellany; Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and by William Oldys, John Malham (1810)
"... of Exeter College, were quietly elected in the year 1569, without any competition
or countersuit of ..."
4. How to Make Insurance Companies Pay Your Claims by William M. Shernoff (1990)
"However, Ray's lawsuit had been filed, and eight months later Prudential filed
a countersuit to recover all payments made to Ray up to, but not including, ..."
5. Heresy Proceedings in Languedoc, 1500-1560 by Raymond A. Mentzer (1984)
"... monastery petitioned the court and obtained full satisfaction.14 The single
appreciable safeguard against possible abuse was the threat of countersuit. ..."