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contraˈvindicate, v. Rom. Law. [L. contrāvindicāre (Gaius).] To make a counter-claim.
1880Muirhead tr. Gaius iv. §16 note, That the respondent contravindicated, or at least made a counter averment of ownership in the same terms as the first vindicant..is denied by some jurists. So contravindiˈcation, a counter-claim.
1875Poste Gaius iv. (ed. 2) 635 The contention of the defendant was not merely a negation of the plaintiff's claim, but also an affirmation of the defendant's claim, a contravindication. |