COUNTERPLEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does counterplea mean? 

• COUNTERPLEA (noun)
  The noun COUNTERPLEA has 1 sense:

1. a plaintiff's reply to a defendant's plea

  Familiarity information: COUNTERPLEA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COUNTERPLEA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A plaintiff's reply to a defendant's plea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("counterplea" is a kind of...):

plea ((law) a defendant's answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer))

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)