cross-action

[kraws-ak-shuhn, kros-]

noun

Law.

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of cross-action¹

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.

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It is known as recoupment or offset when a defendant brings a cross-action against a plaintiff for non-fulfillment by the latter of some part of the contract in controversy, and as set-off when the defendant introduces the debt owed to him over against the debts sued for by the plaintiff.

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By a singular cross-action of spiritual influence Angela's recollections of the unhappy Duvemet began to recur to her mind with fresher force, and along with these the intolerable consciousness of her ruined love,--the loveliest blossom that had budded in her youthful heart.

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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.

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