Reconvention - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: reconventionreconventional demand
reconventional demand in the civil law of Louisiana : counterclaim [allowed to make a reconventional demand arising from a different transaction with the plaintiff] ...
reconvention
reconvention [French, from Middle French, from re- again, back + convention agreement between two parties] in the civil law of Louisiana : the act or process of making a counterclaim [judicial efficiency is served by requiring the defendant to assert in all causes of action against the plaintiff "Ballex v. Naccari, 657 So. 2d 511 (1995)"] ...
Reconvention
Reconvention, an action by a defendant 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. 1278.Means the act or process of making a counter-claim, Ballex v. Naccari, 657 So 2d 511 (1995)....
compulsory
compulsory 1 : required or compelled by law : mandatory obligatory [ arbitration] [ insurance] ;specif : required to be brought or asserted in a pleading because of having arisen from the transaction or occurrence that is the subject of litigation [a counterclaim] [ reconvention] compare elective, permissive 2 : using compulsion : compelling [ measures] com·pul·so·ri·ly [-sə-rə-lē] adv ...
Reconvention
A cross demand an action brought by the defendant against the plaintiff before the same judge...
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