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Definition :

Cross-bill, answering to the reconventio of the CanonLaw, as a mode of defence by cross-examination, was one filed by a defendant in the Court of Chancery against the plaintiff or other defendants in the same suit, either to obtain (1) a necessry discovery of facts in aid of his defence to the original bill; or (2) full relief to all parties, touching the mattes of the original bill. See now COUNTERCLAIM.

Also a bill of exchange given in consideration of another bill.