Cross-claim at Legal Glossary What is it? See cross-complaint.
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CROSS-CLAIM - A claim by a defendant/respondent against a co-defendant/respondent previously named by the plaintiff/claimant.
cross-claimIn a civil proceeding, if there are two or more defendants, one defendant can raise a claim against another defendant.
Cross-Claim
A lawsuit filed by one defendant in a lawsuit against another defendant in the same lawsuit.
Cross-Examination
The questioning of a witness at trial or deposition by the adverse party.
Cross-claim- A pleading which asserts a claim arising out of the same subject action as the original complaint against a co-party, i.e.
Cross-Claim: Claim brought by a defendant in a lawsuit against a co-defendant in the lawsuit.
Cross-Examination: The questioning of a witness produced by the other side.
CROSS-CLAIM - An expansion of the original action in which a claim is brought by a defendant against a third party not originally sued by the plaintiff in the same action or against a co-defendant or both concerning matters in question in the ...
Cross-Claim
A claim by codefendants or coplaintiffs against each other and not against persons on the opposite side of the lawsuit.
Cross-Examination
The questioning of a witness produced by the other side.
cross-claim, cross-complaint A claim by the defendant for affirmative relief against another party in the action; usually means a claim against a co-party, such as a claim by one defendant against another defendant, ...
Such complaint (whether it be the original claim, counterclaim, cross-claim, or third-party claim) shall contain: (1) a short and plain statement of the grounds upon which the court's jurisdiction depends, ...
Cross-claim When two or more defendants are sued they are called co-defendants. When one co-defendant sues another co-defendant, the pleading used to file the action is called a cross-claim.
Under rule 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and analogous state rules, any party may make a motion for a summary judgment on a claim, counterclaim, or cross-claim when he or she believes that there is no genuine issue of material fact and ...
compare counterclaim cross-action cross-claim
2 : a claim made by an injured third party (as a third-party beneficiary of workers' compensation insurance) against an insurer or insured for indemnification ...
 See also: State, Claim, Attorney, Party, Law
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