Reconvention
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Anderson (1889)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
A statutory crossdemand more extensive than either setoff or recoupment. See 132 U. S. 531, 33 L. Ed. 450, 10 Sup. Ct. Rep. 166. See, also, Setoff; Recoupment.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In the civil law. An action by a defendant against a plaintiff in a former action; a cross-bill or litigation. . The term is used in practice in the states of Louisiana and Texas, derived from the re-conventio of the civil law. Reconvention is not identical with set-off, but more extensive. See Pacific Exp. Co., v. Malin, 132 U. S. 531, 10 Sup. Ct 166, 33 L. Ed. 450; Suberville v. Adams, 47 La. Aim. 68, 16 South. 652; Gim-bel v. Gomprecht, 89 Tex. 497, 35 S. W. 470.
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
In civil law, a species of cross-bill; an action by defendant against plaintiff, before the same judge. The defendant does not render unavailable his allegation that the contract in suit is unlawful by a further defense in "reconvention;" as, by claiming damages for a non-fulfillment of the contract, if valid, on the part of the plaintiff.