cross-complaint
cross-complaint n. (1)反诉状 本诉被告对本诉原告提出反诉的诉状。 (2)交叉诉状 本诉被告向本诉当事人以外的第三人因与本诉标的有关的事项提起诉讼的诉状。
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plea in reconvention
Civil law. A plea that sets up a new matter, not as a defense, but as a cross-complaint, setoff, or counterclaim. [Cases: Pleading 143. C.J.S. Pleading § 200.]
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cross complaint
cross-complaint. 1. A claim asserted by a defendant against another party to the action. — Also termed (in some jurisdictions) cross-petition. [Cases: Federal Civil Procedure 786; Pleading 148, 149. C.J.S. Pleading §§ 203, 206.] 2. A claim asserted by a defendant against a person not a party to the action for a matter relating to
cross claim
cross-claim, n. A claim asserted between codefendants or coplaintiffs in a case and that relates to the subject of the original claim or counterclaim. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 13(g). — Also termed cross-action; cross-suit. Cf. COUN-TERCLAIM. [Cases: Federal Civil Procedure 786; Pleading 147, 148, 149; Set-off and Counterclaim 10.] — cross-claim, vb. — cross-claimant,