[COUNTER- 3.] A charge brought in opposition to another, or against the accuser.
1706. Phillips (ed. Kersey), Counter-charge, a Charge brought against an Accuser.
1721. in Bailey.
1856. Kane, Arct. Expl., II. xii. 129. Now comes the accused, with defence and countercharge and retorted abuse.
1871. Farrar, Witn. Hist., iv. 135, note. The idleness of such charges may be measured by the countercharge of Celsus.
