Legal Definition and Related Resources of Cross-claim

litigation between parties who are on the same side of an action .

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Cross-claim in Historical Law

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Cross-Claim Legal Definition

In a civil proceeding, if there are two or more defendants, one defendant can raise a claim against another defendant.

Cross Claim in the law of the United States

Cross Claim: Related U.S. Resources

• Cross Claim in the American Law Encyclopedia
• Civil Judicial Process Keywords in the U.S. Legal Corpus
• Civil Process Topics in the United States Legal Dictionary

See Also

Complaint (in the U.S. Legal Encyclopedia) Counter Claim (in the U.S. Legal Encyclopedia).

Meaning of Cross-claim in the U.S. Legal System

Definition of Cross-claim published by the National Association for Court Management: A claim by codefendant or coplaintiffs against each other and not against persons on the opposite side of the lawsuit.

Cross Claim (Civil Judicial Process)

Cross Claim