countersuit
noun
coun·ter·suit
ˈkau̇n-tər-ˌsüt 
variants
or less commonly counter-suit
plural countersuits also counter-suits
: an opposing lawsuit
especially
: a claim asserted by an opposing party in a lawsuit (such as a defendant) against the party bringing the original lawsuit (such as a plaintiff) : counterclaim
decided to file a countersuit against her accuser
The current appeal results from a patent infringement suit and countersuit between Apple Inc. ("Apple") and Samsung Electronics Co … —
Apple, Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., 816 F. 3d 788 (2016)
Apple, Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., 816 F. 3d 788 (2016) Examples of countersuit in a Sentence
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Baldoni fired back with a countersuit against Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, last week.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 23 Jan. 2025
Graves filed a federal lawsuit in New York claiming she was raped by Combs and his former bodyguard in 2001, an allegation later disputed by the bodyguard, Joseph Sherman, in a November countersuit.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Advertisement Without specifying a timeline for filing the countersuit, Freedman confirmed the plans to Deadline on Saturday.
—Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2024
Baldoni filed a countersuit against Lively, her husband, Ryan Reynolds, their publicist Leslie Sloane and Sloane's PR firm Vision PR, Inc for $400 million on Jan. 16.
—Daniel S. Levine, People.com, 5 Feb. 2025
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Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 23 Jan. 2025
Graves filed a federal lawsuit in New York claiming she was raped by Combs and his former bodyguard in 2001, an allegation later disputed by the bodyguard, Joseph Sherman, in a November countersuit.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Advertisement Without specifying a timeline for filing the countersuit, Freedman confirmed the plans to Deadline on Saturday.
—Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2024
Baldoni filed a countersuit against Lively, her husband, Ryan Reynolds, their publicist Leslie Sloane and Sloane's PR firm Vision PR, Inc for $400 million on Jan. 16.
—Daniel S. Levine, People.com, 5 Feb. 2025
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“Countersuit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/countersuit. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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