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What is a countersuit?

What is a countersuit? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (law) A lawsuit filed against a party that has filed a suit against one.
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Dominique Nabokov saw them at an exhibit and filed a lawsuit, but ultimately lost in the countersuit.
The two presidents agreed to try to set aside Croatia's case for wartime genocide against Serbia and Belgrade's countersuit, launched in January.
Highland denied Dillard's allegations and filed a countersuit against the company.
The countersuit contended that the federal government failed to enforce immigration policy.
Beyond the yah-boo of suit and countersuit, both cases could prove embarrassing for the United States.
Of course, as these things go, a lawsuit and countersuit followed.

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