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countercase

noun

Etymology

From counter- + case.

  1. derived from cāsus — “a falling, a fall; accident, event, occurrence; occasion, opportunity; noun case”
  2. derived from cas — “an event”
  3. inherited from cas
  4. prefixed as countercase — “counter + case”

Definitions

  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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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA