counter-claim
noun[C]
(alsocounterclaim)ukusastatementthat someone makes inanswerto astatementthat has been made by someoneelse, and that is different from it:
Humanrightsabuseshave been thesubjectofclaimand counterclaim.
LAW
alegalcasethat apersonor anorganizationstartsagainst someone who hasbroughtacaseagainst them:
file/make a counterclaimDoughertyfileda counterclaim,arguingthat thecityhad norighttoregulatecampaigncashunder thestateconstitution.
counter-claim
verb[IorT](alsocounterclaim)
Thecompanycounterclaimed forbreachofcontract.