A claim set up and urged by the defendant in opposition to or reduction of the claim presented by the plaintiff. See, more fully, COUNTEB-CLAIM.

A secret writing, either before a notary or under a private seal, which destroys, invalidates, or alters a public one.

The act of forging.

an injunction that will stop or countermands an enforcement of an injunction.

A species of instrument of defeasance common in the civil law . It is executed by a party who has taken a deed of property. absolute on its face, but […]

A sign put upon goods already marked; also the several marks put upon goods belonging to several persons, to show that they must not be opened, but in the presence […]

See PLEA.

In English law . The rolls which sheriffs have with the coroners, containing particulars of their pro ceedings, as well of appeals as of inquests, etc. 3 Edw. I. c. […]

A security given to one who has entered into a bond or become surety for another; a countervailing bond of indemnity.

Adverse; antagonistic; opposing or contradicting; contrary. Silli- man v. Eddy, 8 How. Prac. (N. Y.) 122.

The name of two prisons formerly standing in London, but now demolished. They were the Poultry Counter and Wood Street Counter.

In old practice. A bond of indemnity. 2 Leon. 90.

the term that is given to the claim or cause of action against the plaintiff by the defendant.

In criminal law . To forge; to copy or imitate, without authority or right, and with a view to deceive or defraud, by passing the copy or tiling forged for […]

Coin not genuine, but resembling or apparently intended to resemble or pass for genuine coin, including genuine coin prepared or altered so as to resemble or pass for coin of […]

In criminal law . One who unlawfully makes base coin in imitation of the true metal, or forges false currency, or any instrument of writing, bearing a likeness and similitude […]

A change or revocation of orders, authority, or Instructions previously issued. It may be either express or implied; the former where the order or instruction already given is explicitly annulled […]

In conveyancing . The corresponding part of an instrument ; a duplicate or copy. Where an instrument of conveyance, as a lease, is executed in parts, that is, by having […]

A copy of the original writ, authorized to be issued to another county when the court has jurisdiction of the cause by reason of the fact that some of the […]

An institution that is a party to a financial transaction with CREDIT RISK , such as a LOAN, DERIVATIVE, or financing.

The signature of a secretary or other subordinate officer to any writing signed by the principal or superior to vouch for the authenticity of it. Fifth Ave. Bank v. Railroad […]

To counterbalance; to avail against with equal force or virtue; to compensate for, or serve as an equivalent of or substitute for.

At common law , a release was a form of transfer of real estate where some right to it existed in one person but the actual possession was in another; […]

See EQUITY

Count, or reckon. In old practice. A direction formerly given by the clerk of a court to the crier, after a jury was sworn, to number them; and which Blackstone […]