Countercase

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A legal case filed in response to another case.

    "The European Union and the United States filed countercases in September 2004 over aid to Airbus and Boeing, the only two makers of large commercial aircraft in a $150 billion market."

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"The European Union and the United States filed countercases in September 2004 over aid to Airbus and Boeing, the only two makers of large commercial aircraft in a $150 billion market."

Etymology

From counter- + case.

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