reconvention

[ ree-kuhn-ven-shuhn ]

noun

, Civil Law.

1. an action brought by the defendant in pending litigation against the plaintiff: the defendant's claim must be connected in some way with the subject matter of the plaintiff's action.

Word History and Origins

Origin of reconvention¹

1400–50; late Middle English reconvencioun (< Middle French reconvencion ) < Medieval Latin reconventiō; re-, convention