affirmative relief

affirmative relief
affirmative relief n: relief requested by the defendant to a lawsuit for injury which he or she claims to have suffered during the same factual situation the plaintiff claims to have been injured in and for which he or she could also bring a lawsuit

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

affirmative relief
n.
Relief or compensation granted to a defendant in a lawsuit.

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.


affirmative relief
=>> relief.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary. . 2000.

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