as in complaint
a court case brought against the plaintiff of another court case by the defendant
The defendant filed a counterclaim for his own injuries, claiming that he only rear-ended the plaintiff because she had stopped too fast.
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Recent Examples of counterclaim
Qualcomm also argued that the Qualcomm CPU designs are covered by the Qualcomm ALA, which is the basis of the counterclaim.
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Jim McGregor, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Doe's attorneys said the counterclaim is the first U.S. lawsuit against the brothers.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 11 Feb. 2025
However, when Jabbar again filed for divorce a year later, his then-wife responded with a counterclaim that sparked a lengthy battle of briefs indicating apparent bad blood between them that may have at least in part stemmed from financial difficulties.
—Sasha Pezenik, ABC News, 2 Jan. 2025
The emergency has triggered claims and counterclaims from Trump and Newsom, who have sparred for years over the state's water policies.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
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Jim McGregor, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Doe's attorneys said the counterclaim is the first U.S. lawsuit against the brothers.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 11 Feb. 2025
However, when Jabbar again filed for divorce a year later, his then-wife responded with a counterclaim that sparked a lengthy battle of briefs indicating apparent bad blood between them that may have at least in part stemmed from financial difficulties.
—Sasha Pezenik, ABC News, 2 Jan. 2025
The emergency has triggered claims and counterclaims from Trump and Newsom, who have sparred for years over the state's water policies.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for counterclaim
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Historian Heather Cox Richardson, in her regular post for March 30, notes a similar procession of this complaint.—
Peter Greene,
Forbes.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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The complaint was filed to address these issues and their valid trademark.—
Meghan Hall,
Sourcing Journal,
31 Mar. 2025
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There have been shoot-first-aim-later mass firings of federal workers and stop-work orders, which have generated a slew of lawsuits against those in the government and DOGE.—
Jeanne Sahadi,
CNN,
23 Mar. 2025
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The changes coincide with extraordinary immigration measures that have prompted dozens of lawsuits claiming that Trump’s presidency is exceeding constitutional limits and other legal boundaries.—
Brad Heath, Joshua Schneyer, Marisa Taylor, Sarah N. Lynch, Mike Spector,
USA TODAY,
22 Mar. 2025
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In addition to this lawsuit, Brooks is currently in separate litigation with his former attorney, Andrew Quait, over tens of thousands of dollars in unpaid legal fees.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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Boasberg blocked the deportations anyway, ordering any planes that may be in the air carrying the deportees to return while the litigation played out.—
Cristian Farias,
The New Yorker,
26 Mar. 2025
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Jane Doe’s countersuit came after the Tate brothers sued her for defamation in 2023, accusing her and another woman of giving Romanian authorities fabricated evidence and conspiring to defraud and falsely imprison them.—
Chantal Da Silva,
NBC News,
27 Feb. 2025
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The pair responded by filing a $100M countersuit against ITV alleging intimidation and extortion.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
22 Jan. 2025
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“Counterclaim.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterclaim. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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