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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Reconvention

/(-v?n"sh?n)/ · Re·con·ven·tion · IPA
01 n. A cross demand; an action brought by the defendant against the plaintiff before the same judge.
  1. 1.
    A cross demand; an action brought by the defendant against the plaintiff before the same judge.(Civil Law)