claim entered by defendant: a claim entered by the defendant in a court of civil law, as a response to the original claim that was entered against the defendant by the plaintiff
intransitive verb (past and past participlecoun·ter·claimed, present participlecoun·ter·claim·ing, 3rd person present singularcoun·ter·claims)
Definition:
respond to one claim with another: to make a claim in response to, or as a defense against, an earlier claim
