cross-claim

American  

[kraws-klaym, krahs-klaym] / ˈkrɔsˌkleɪm, ˈkrɑsˌkleɪm /

noun

cross-claims plural

1. a legal claim filed by one defendant against another.

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verb

cross-claimed, cross-claiming

1. to file a claim against a fellow defendant.

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• cross-claimant
  noun

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• cross-claims
  plural

Example Sentences

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cross-claim cross-claims

Hidra’s family has sued the apartment complex owners, and the complex’s management has filed a cross-claim naming the LAPD.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2025

Jolie’s cross-claim states that no such agreement, written, oral or implied, ever existed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2022

But now the country club has, in turn, filed a cross-claim against the waiter accused of damaging the expensive purse, according to the news outlet.

From Fox News ● Nov. 12, 2019

Metro filed the cross-claim as part of an effort to seek dismissal of a civil suit filed by dozens of passengers who were stranded in the smoke-filled Yellow Line tunnel on Jan. 12, 2015.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 12, 2017

“More than anyone else on that set, Baldwin has been wrongfully viewed as the perpetrator of this tragedy. By these cross-claims, Baldwin seeks to clear his name,” the actor’s lawsuit says.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 11, 2022

Transocean yesterday filed cross-claims against its former partners in the Macondo well project, accusing BP of failing “to honor its contractual commitments,” said Kerry Miller, a Transocean attorney.

From BusinessWeek ● Apr. 21, 2011

Paper wars: trying to drown the other side in motions, interrogatories, depositions, pleadings, cross-claims and countersuits.

From Time Magazine Archive