countercase

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noun

A legal case filed in response to another case.

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Meanings

nouncountercase (plural countercases)

plural countercases

  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.

    2007 September 27, Bloomberg News, “W.T.O. Hears European Complaint of U.S. Aid to Boeing”, in New York Times

Origin

From counter- + case.

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APA

countercase. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/countercase

MLA

“countercase.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/countercase. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “countercase,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/countercase.

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