CPLR 203(e), in relevant part, provides: "Where a defendant has served an answer containing a defense or counterclaim and the action is terminated ... by dismissal ..., the time which elapsed between the commencement and termination of the action is not a part of the time within which an action must be commenced to recover upon the claim in the defense or counterclaim" (emphasis added).
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