reconventional demand

Civil law. A plea by which a defendant asserts any claim that it has against the plaintiff, or any offset against the plaintiff’s claim.

• This plea is similar to the common-law counterclaim. La. Code Civ. Proc. 1061 et seq.

— Also termed demand in reconvention.

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