common counts

common counts definition - business

common counts

A legal claim for payment of multiple debts that have been consolidated into a single pleading in order to prevent the defendant from successfully escaping the claim because of a technical fault in one of the counts.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Business Terms Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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