Demand In Reconvention
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A demand which the defendant institutes in consequence of that which the plaintiff has brought against him. Used in Louisiana. Prac. Code La. art. 374. DEMANDA (Law Lat.) In Old English Law. A demand. Bracton, fols. 17, 35; Fleta, lib. 2, c. 39, § 1. Si quis recuperaverit demandam suam, if one shall recover his demand. St. Westminster II. c. 44. See 8 Coke, 153. In Spanish Law. The petition of a plaintiff, setting forth his demand. Las Partidas, pt. 3, tit. 10, lib. 3.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A demand which the defendant institutes in consequence of that which the plaintiff has brought against him. Used in Louisiana. La. Pr. Code, art. 374.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A demand which the defendant institutes in consequence of that which the plaintiff has brought against him. Used in Louisiana. Equivalent to a "counterclaim" elsewhere. McLeod v. Bert-schey, 33 Wis. 177, 14 Am. Rep. 755.
Defined under Demand in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A demand which the defendant institutes in consequence of that which the plaintiff bas brought against him. Used in Louisiana,