单词 | cross bill |
释义 | cross-bill, cross bill Law. [cross a. 6, cross- 9.] A bill filed in Chancery by a defendant against the plaintiff or other co-defendants in the same suit. b. A bill of exchange given in consideration of another bill (Wharton).
1637in Select. Harl. Misc. (1793) 315 That their honours will be pleased to accept of a cross bill against the prelates. 1678Butler Hud. iii. iii. 655 Who, putting in a new cross-bill, May traverse th' action. 1768Blackstone Comm. III. 448 If he [the defendant] has any relief to pray against the plaintiff, he must do it by an original bill of his own, which is called a cross bill. 1883Law Rep. 11 Q. Bench Div. 466 A counter-claim is like a cross-bill under the former practice in equity, which fell with the original bill. |

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