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reconvention

American  
[ree-kuhn-ven-shuhn] / ˌri kənˈvɛn ʃən /

noun

Civil Law.

  1. an action brought by the defendant in pending litigation against the plaintiff: the defendant's claim must be connected in some way with the subject matter of the plaintiff's action.

Etymology

Origin of reconvention

1400–50; late Middle English reconvencioun (< Middle French reconvencion ) < Medieval Latin reconventiō; re-, convention

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