The Collaborative International Dictionary
Reconvention
Reconvention \Re`con*ven"tion\ (-v?n"sh?n), n. (Civil Law)
A cross demand; an action brought by the defendant against
the plaintiff before the same judge.
--Burrill. Bouvier.
Wiktionary
reconvention
n. (context legal civil law English) An action brought by the defendant against the plaintiff before the same judge.