countercase

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English

Etymology

From counter- +‎ case.

Noun

countercase (plural countercases)

  1. A legal case filed in response to another case.
    • 2007 September 27, Bloomberg News, “W.T.O. Hears European Complaint of U.S. Aid to Boeing”, in New York Times:
      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.