English edit

Etymology edit

counter- +‎ appeal

Noun edit

counterappeal (plural counterappeals)

  1. (law) An appeal lodged in response to an earlier appeal.
    • 2007 January 17, Michael Cooper, “Budget Reform Pact Augurs a More Transparent Albany”, in New York Times[1]:
      Republican senators said that slow roll calls were not allowed, leading to a flurry of appeals and counterappeals that left the house in a standoff lasting into the evening, just as some Republican lawmakers were eager to get away to fund-raisers that they were holding.