noun
- Plural of counterplea; legal pleas or arguments made in response to or in opposition to another party's plea in a lawsuit.
Usage: legal/formal; chiefly historical or archaic in modern legal practice
Examples
- The defendant filed counterpleas to challenge the plaintiff's initial claims.
- In medieval courts, counterpleas were essential to the adversarial process.
- The lawyer prepared several counterpleas to address each point raised by the opposing counsel.
- Counterpleas allowed both parties to present their full legal positions before judgment.