counterclaim
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Amid claim and counterclaim Russia on Friday had requested an emergency session of the United Nations Security Council.
From BBC ● May 23, 2026
Shell has filed a counterclaim against Cipriani, alleging defamation and extortion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
The suit was filed as a counterclaim to a November lawsuit by Joby against Archer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 9, 2026
The counterclaim cites “allegations Plaintiffs have recently fabricated in support of their extortionate scheme” and comments the accusers’ lawyers allegedly made during a May 6 press conference.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2025
Nor could he make the counterclaim for a dissolving of the betrothal.
From We Can't Have Everything by Rupert Hughes
In a statement on Wednesday, ARN said the settlement "provides for the full and final resolution of all claims and counterclaims between the parties".
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
In Joby’s motion to dismiss Archer’s counterclaims months later, Joby wrote that Archer was “attempting to recapture the narrative” and that its claims “do not deny that Joby is ahead.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
Shkreli’s counterclaims are the latest twist in a legal saga over the one-of-a-kind album, titled “Once Upon a Time in Shaolin.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026
But I don't think that any of us were prepared for the number, and the defamation claims, and the counterclaims to the defamation claims.
From Salon ● May 29, 2024
Even in actions of strict law counterclaims have been permitted since a rescript of the Emperor Marcus, the defendant meeting the plaintiff's claim by a plea of fraud.
From The Institutes of Justinian by John Baron Moyle
Italy counterclaimed that after being found by Italian fishermen, it had been exported illegally from Italy.
From New York Times ● May 2, 2024
Then, American counterclaimed, saying Dad broke the contract by improperly using the companion feature.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 20, 2019
N. E. A. counterclaimed that not one of its 500 clients had dropped Hoople for Puffle.
From Time Magazine Archive
PP is counterclaiming £344,000 in ground rent, plus another £286,000 of interest and costs.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2025
All that counterclaiming and crossclaiming might be avoided by settling, but the large number of litigants and of lawyers — 15 at last count — still points to a protracted process, legal experts say.
From Seattle Times ● May 28, 2023
Vocabulary lists containing counterclaim
The ACT: The Language of the Test, List 1
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Against All Odds: Contra and Counter
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Common Core Grades 7–8, List 1
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