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Set-off

Set-off, any counter-balance or cross-claim. A defendant's counter demand against the plaintiff, arising out of transaction independent of plaintiff's claim, Black's

Counterprove

To take a counter proof of or a copy in reverse by taking an impression directly from the face of an original

1925, s. 36. The Judicature Acts allow matters to be set up by a defendant by way of counter-claim, which must formerly have been the subject of a separate action; and, therefore, a defendant may in effect

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Reconvention

against a plaintiff in a former action; a cross-bill or litigation, Ibid. The act or process of making counterclaim, Black's Law Dictionary. Means the act or process of making a counter-claim, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p.

Cafeteria

A restaurant or cafeacute at which the patrons serve themselves with food kept at a counter typically paying a cashier at the end of the counter and taking the food to tables to eat

will

having absolute force when the language pertaining to the condition suggests a general purpose to make a will counter will : mutual will in this entry holographic will : a will written out in the hand of

belly up

to approach a counter and stand in front of it used mostly in the phrase belly up to the bar ie to

Ignoratio elenchi

Ignoratio elenchi, an overlooking of the adversary's counterposition in an argument. Means ignorance of the conclusion to be proved. An advocate's misunderstanding of an opponent's position,

Article

exhibited in the Ecclesiastical Court by way of libel. The different parts of a libel, responsive allegation, or counter allegation in the Ecclesiastical Courts. Means (as respects standardisation and marking) any substance, artificial or natural, or partly

Bankrupt

Bankrupt [fr. bancus, or banque, the table or counter of a tradesman, and ruptus, Lat., broken, denoting thereby one whose shop or place of trade is broken

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