reconvention

English

Etymology

re- +‎ convention

Noun

reconvention (plural reconventions)

1. (law, civil law) An action brought by the defendant against the plaintiff before the same judge.

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Synonyms

• crossdemand

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for reconvention in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Related terms

• reconvene

Anagrams

• conventioner