Lieutenant Rainey thought it best to admit the counterclaim and let bygones be bygones, but to provide for the future.
They set up and proved a counterclaim for the price of slaves sold to the plaintiffs before the British occupation.
The town of Hsipaw was attacked and completely wrecked, and a movement was directed against San Ton Hon.
These three States were made over to him without going into the merits of the case.
The people of Monglon especially were averse to being subjected to the Sawbwa, who failed to govern justly or efficiently, and the settlement of this part of the country became very difficult.
The river, however, was deep and rapid, and the attempt to cross the force on rafts had to be given up.
The trade route was entirely closed throughout the year 1886, and traffic between Mandalay and the Shan States either ceased or followed a very circuitous route.
Yawnghwe is in the Central, or Myelat, Division of the Shan States, and is easily accessible from the plains.
Inasmuch as Hkun Saing was the first Shan chief to acknowledge the supremacy of the British Government, there was a desire to make much of him and to meet his wishes.
For example, if B has failed to repair the house according to the terms of the lease, A may counterclaim for damages when sued by B for the rent.
Up stood the jury; and in less than half a minute they found a verdict for the defendant, counterclaim being abandoned, just as Mr. Bumpkin had pushed into Court.
The ridiculous counterclaim with its pettifogging innuendoes vanished before that common sense of the jury to which Mr. Ricochet so dryly appealed.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "counterclaim" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
