cross-complaint

cross-complaint definition - legal

n

  1. A cause of action or claim asserted by a defendant in a civil action against another party in the same action.
  2. A cause of action or claim asserted by a defendant in a civil action against one who is not a party to the action that concerns a matter related to the underlying dispute in the action.
  3. The pleading in which one asserts a cross-claim.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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