"COUNTERSTATEMENT OF THE ISSUES PRESENTED ON APPEAL"
pa.cair.com/.../Webb%20v.%20City%20of%20Phila.%20City%20Reply.pdf

"COUNTERSTATEMENT OF THE ISSUE PRESENTED"
www.fec.gov/law/litigation/crew_06_fec_brief.pdf

"Counterstatement of appeal"
www.state.nj.us/lps/ca/laws/lgcccRegs.pdf

"Counterstatement of Issue Presented", "Counterstatement of the Case"
http://name-space.com/law/appeal/NSI2dcir.Brief.html

"Within 20 days after service upon it of the statement of appeal, the municipal governing body shall file with the Racing and Wagering Board an original and three copies of a counterstatement of appeal, with an admission or affidavit of service upon the party appealing which shall set forth the facts in the statement of appeal that are disputed."
http://www.racing.state.ny.us/Sec5830.1-5831.19.php

"Respondent's Reply to Appellant Counterstatement, Appeal 11"
http://relief.objectis.net/documents/e-suzuki-s-appeal/Respo...

Statement of Defence definition:
A defendant's written answer or reply to a statement of claim, admitting or denying each and every one of the facts contained in the statement of claim and alleging such facts as the defendant wishes to assert at trial in opposition to the plaintiff's case.

Certain kinds of claims require specific types of allegations in the statement of defence failing which the defendant may face an argument that facts not denied are admitted or, if that is precluded by the rules of court, that facts which form the basis of a particular defence but not alleged in the statement of defence, cannot be raised at trial.

Where the defendant has an independent cause of action against the plaintiff, that is not normally raised in the statement of defence but in a separate or attached document called a counterclaim.

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Note added at 5 hrs (2011-01-29 21:58:10 GMT)
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Nu,consider ca fiind vorba de o contestatie in instanta,nu merge un simplu "response".

http://www.euroavocatura.ro/dictionar/2860/Intampinare
Act procesual pe care paratul are facultatea sa-l indeplineasca inainte de a incepe dezbaterea orala a procesului si care cuprinde:
exceptiile de procedura pe care le ridica fata de cererea reclamantului, de exemplu, necompetenta, prescriptia, autoritatea lucrului judecat; raspunsul la toate capetele de fapt si de drept ale cererii formulate de reclamant; dovezile impotriva fiecarui capat de cerere; semnatura. Intampinarea se depune in atatea exemplare cati reclamanti sunt, pe langa exemplarul pentru instanta, anexandu-se si copiile de pe inscrisuri. Desi nu este obligatorie, intampinarea indeplineste un rol important, concretizand cadrul procesului si contribuind la solutionarea mai grabnica a acestuia. In cazul in care nu s-a depus intampinarea, presedintele are indatorirea, la prima zi de infatisare, de a pune in vedere paratului sa arate exceptiile, dovezile si toate mijloacele sale de aparare, despre care se va face mentiune in incheierea de sedinta.

http://www.fsco.gov.on.ca/english/forms/drs/FormJ-guide-05-2...