Counterplea
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In pleading. A plea to some matter incidental to the main object of the suit, and out of the direct line of pleadings.
2 Wm. Saund. 45h.
Thus, counterplea of oyer is the defendant's allegations why oyer of an instrument should not be granted. Counterplea of aid prayer is the demandant's allegation why the vouchee of the tenant in a real action, or a stranger who asks to come in to defend his right, should not be admitted. Counterplea of voucher is the allegation of the vouchee in avoidance of the warranty after admission to plead. Counterpleas are of rare occurrence.
Termes de la Ley; Doct. Plac. 300; Comyn, Dig, "Voucher" (B 1, 2); Dane, Abr.