Counter.L
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Fr. [L. Lat. narrare.] To count; to plead. Ne soit oye en la court le roy a counter pur nulluy; shall not be heard to plead in the king's court for any man.
Stat. Westm. 1, c. 29.
Le mestier de counter; the mystery or art of pleading. Britt. c.
22.