| 单词 |
reconvention |
| 释义 |
reconvention|riːkənˈvɛnʃən|
[a. F. reconvention (13th c. in Littré). Cf. med.L. reconventio (14th c.). See re- and convention.]
†1. An agreement made in return. Obs.
c1449Pecock Repr. iii. xviii. 397 As bi boond and withoute eny reconvencioun or couenant of bond expressid or priueli understonde forto ȝeue aȝen.
2. Law. A counter-charge; a counter-action brought against the plaintiff by the defendant in a suit. † Also transf. in general use.
1538Extr. Aberd. Burgh Rec. (1844) 158 My lord prowest..humely menis, schawis, and, be the way of reconuentioune, complenis [etc.]. 1629Mabbe tr. Fonseca's Dev. Contempl. 423 Hee vnderstood by sinne in that place, the sinne of adulterie, for otherwise..the reconuention had not beene so strong and forcible. 1633Ames Agst. Cerem. ii. 303 In vie of those grounds, laid by the Repl. against humane significant Ceremonies, out of the second Commandement, the Rej. by way of Reconvention faineth two grounds to the contrary. 1726Ayliffe Parergon 83 An Appeal in a cause of Convention does not impeach and hinder the Execution of a Sentence in a Cause of Re-convention. 1760–5Burn Eccl. Law (1797) II. 137 But in these cases of re-convention, the parties must proceed together in the contesting of suit. 1838W. Bell Dict. Law Scot. 823 Where an action is brought in Scotland by a foreigner,..his adversary in the suit is entitled, by reconvention, to sue the foreigner on a counter-claim. 1884Law Rep. 9 App. Cases 582 A claim in reconvention is in substance nothing else than a cross action brought by the defendant against the plaintiff.
†3. The reassembling (of Parliament, etc.). Obs.
1641Sir E. Dering in Rushw. Hist. Coll. iii. (1692) I. 393 My humble motion therefore is this, I beseech you to declare, That upon this our Reconvention, your Order of the 8th. of September is out of date. 1664Evelyn Diary 24 Nov., The heads of the speech he made at the re-convention of the Parliament, which now began to meet. |
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