cross-action

American  

[kraws-ak-shuhn, kros-] / ˈkrɔsˌæk ʃən, ˈkrɒs- /

noun

Law.

1. an action brought within the same lawsuit by one defendant against another defendant or against the plaintiff.

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Etymology

Origin of cross-action

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

Denial of access to the evidence would hamper the company's efforts to "prosecute its own cross-action against potentially implicated subcontractors," the filing said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2015

There is the again usual cross-action of an at first hopeless affection on the part of the roturier's son, Pascal Carvajan, a rising lawyer, for Antoinette de Clairefont.

From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century by Saintsbury, George