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名詞

counterappeal (複数形 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”, New York Times:

     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.