Counterplea

( Law. ) A replication to a plea. Counterplead', v. a. To plead against; to plead in opposition to. Counterplot, v. i. To oppose one plot to another; to attempt to frustrate stratagem by stratagem. -v.a. To plot against, in order to defeat another plot; to baffle or defeat by an opposite plot. -n. A plot or artifice opposed to another. a counter-revolution. Counter-roll, v . a . See CONTROL.