Reconvention
Pronunciation : Re`con*ven"tion (-vn"shn)
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: A cross demand; an action brought by the defendant against the plaintiff before the same judge. Burrill. Bouvier.
(Civil Law)
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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