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cross-complaint
Matched in: Term cross-complaint
third-party claim
third-party claim 1 : a claim made against a third party in a third-party complaint compare counterclaim, cross-action, cross-claim 2 : a claim made by an injured third party (as a third-party beneficiary of workers' compensation
answer
answer 1 : the defendant's written response to the plaintiff's complaint in a civil suit in which he or she may deny any of plaintiff's allegations, offer any defenses, … or she may deny any of plaintiff's allegations, offer any defenses, and make any counterclaims against the plaintiff, cross-claims against other defendants, or third-party claims against third parties otherwise not involved in the lawsuit 2 : a
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jurisdiction
laws, or treaties of the U.S. : federal jurisdiction over cases involving a federal question see also well-pleaded complaint rule NOTE: The federal courts have usually interpreted the statutory phrase “arising under” rather strictly. U.S. Supreme Court … their decision-making capacities. ancillary jurisdiction : jurisdiction giving a court the power to adjudicate claims (as counterclaims and cross-claims) because they arise from a cause of action over which the court has original jurisdiction ;specif : supplemental
impleader
impleader : the act or procedural device of impleading a third party ;specif : a petition or complaint brought in a lawsuit by a plaintiff or defendant against a third party who may be liable to … a third party who may be liable to that plaintiff or defendant called also third-party practice compare counterclaim, cross-claim, interpleader, intervention, joinder
bill
can compel payment from the debtor out of the property that is not otherwise reachable by legal process cross bill : an equitable bill by which a party to a suit can bring a claim against any … have been abandoned in favor of interpleader as described in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 22. bill of complaint : complaint used esp. in equity actions bill of costs : a bill setting forth the expenses in
Trial
controversy that arises from an issue. It may equally mean the trial of an election petition or a complaint or an action from beginning to end, H.V. Kamath v. Election Tribunal, AIR 1958 MP 168. Means the … the case to the jury; after which the witnesses for the plaintiff are examined by his counsel, the cross-examination being generally conducted by the senior counsel for the defendant. If the defendant's counsel object to any question
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