v. Rom. Law. [L. contrā vindicāre (Gaius).] To make a counter-claim.
1880. Muirhead, trans. Gaius, IV. § 16, note. That the respondent contravindicated, or at least made a counter averment of ownership in the same terms as the first vindicant … is denied by some jurists.
So Contravindication, a counter-claim.
1875. Poste, Gaius, IV. (ed. 2), 635. The contention of the defendant was not merely a negation of the plaintiff’s claim, but also an affirmation of the defendant’s claim, a contravindication.
