Meanings
nouncounterappeal (plural counterappeals)
plural counterappeals
- lawAn appeal lodged in response to an earlier appeal.
Republican senators said that slow roll calls were not allowed, leading to a flurry of appeals and counterappeals that left the house in a standoff lasting into the evening, just as some Republican lawmakers were eager to get away to fund-raisers that they were holding.
2007 January 17, Michael Cooper, “Budget Reform Pact Augurs a More Transparent Albany”, in New York Times
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APA
counterappeal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterappeal
MLA
“counterappeal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterappeal. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “counterappeal,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterappeal.
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