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Counterclaim

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-001351

A claim made by a defendant in a lawsuit against the plaintiff, asserting a separate cause of action. This allows the defendant to seek relief from the plaintiff within the same litigation. Counterclaims can be compulsory, arising from the same transaction, or permissive, arising from a different transaction.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-001351
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-001351",
  "term": "Counterclaim",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "A claim made by a defendant in a lawsuit against the plaintiff, asserting a separate cause of action. This allows the defendant to seek relief from the plaintiff within the same litigation. Counterclaims can be compulsory, arising from the same transaction, or permissive, arising from a different transaction.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/counterclaim/"
}

Record 1,201 of 5,445 in Law terminology (MLC-0107). Request the full dataset.