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A cross claim is against anyone who is "on the same side of the lawsuit".

Counter-claims and cross claims do not require personal service because no new parties are being added to the lawsuit.

The dispute has been protracted, and involves multiple parties and cross claims.

It is easy to make harsh decisions involving people's lives when cloaked under indemnification from libel and cross claims.

Holy Cross claimed the championship.

The Red Cross claims that every misuse of the symbol undermines its authority and endangers its members operating in difficult conditions.

A cross claim is filed against someone who is a co-defendant or co-plaintiff to the party who originates the crossclaim.

Cross claimed numerous visits to Belding's home, a hermetically sealed geodesic dome, somewhere out in the desert, which the billionaire never left.

The eight teams played a double-elimination format, with Holy Cross claiming their first championship with a 8-4 win over Missouri in the final.

The Israelis disputed this claim, and the UN Peacekeeping force also dismissed the border crossing claim.

The teammates and coaches and business associates who have their fingers crossed claim the Bryant they know is the antithesis of the party guy, a virtual recluse.

Patriot League Holy Cross claimed sole possession of first place with a 1-0 triumph over Colgate last Saturday.

Cross claims by DRT against three AWA non-executive directors were dismissed.

Old Waterboer, the chief of the Griqua Bastaards, made cross claim to the and plains where his people had lived for fifty years and more.

The Red Cross claimed that the blockade harmed the economy and caused a shortage of basic medicines and equipment such as painkillers and x-ray film.

Although the Nigerian Emergency Management Agency puts the current death toll at ten, the Nigerian Red Cross claims at least 100 people have died.

The final death toll is hard to compute, although the Red Cross claims that at least 1,000 bodies were recovered and a number of people were reported missing and never found.

And in Eweida v British Airways plc a lady who wished to wear a cross claimed that BA's instruction to remove it was indirectly discriminatory against Christians.

Depending upon the relative bargaining powers of the parties many commercial contracts either contain set-off clauses permitting set-off of cross claims between the parties, or clauses forbidding such set-off.

It is uncertain as to if 18th century spectators agree, but Cross and Dudden believe that the audiences would have agreed with their assessment, with Cross claiming that the audience hissed during the first night.

In addition, the Red Cross claimed that if it would take a major stance to improve the situation of those European Jews, the neutrality of Switzerland, where the International Red Cross was based, would be jeopardized.

Over the next decade, in what developed into a landmark case in Australia, there were legal proceedings against auditors for failing to identify the trading, as well as cross claims against the company's directors, the foreign exchange trader and the banks involved.

Magna lost no time in suing Cross and his publishers, claiming the book was a hoax and libelous, producing medical and legal documents proving Leland Belding had indeed died, years before Cross claimed to have spoken with him.

Trooper Kenna's civil suit, known as a cross claim, is typically employed by defendants seeking to deflect court-imposed monetary claims onto a third party, like the defendant's employer, said Frank Askin, a law professor at Rutgers University Law School.

It is rumoured that Cartier erected the first cross claiming the land in Baie des Rochers, about 15 km away from what is now known as Old Fort Bay, researchers still do not know the exact placement of the cross.

In the federal rules, a crossclaim is proper if it relates to a matter of the original jurisdiction.

A crossclaim is a pleading made against a party who is a co-defendant or co-plaintiff.

A defendant exposed to similar liability may seek interpleader through a crossclaim or counterclaim.

In common law, a crossclaim is a demand made in a pleading that is filed against a party which is on the "same side" of the lawsuit.

A crossclaim is a claim asserted between codefendants or coplaintiffs in a case and that relates to the subject of the original claim or counterclaim according to Black's Law Dictionary.

If a counterclaim or crossclaim had been filed, a nonsuit could still be taken by the plaintiff with the agreement of the defendant, or if the defendant's claim could be adjudicated independently.

If the manufacturer sued the buyer, the buyer would serve an answer with a denial that the buyer owed money to the manufacturer and a crossclaim to the shipping company to compensate for the damages.

Furthermore, the same underlying facts will be litigated on the main claim as well as on the crossclaim preserving efficiency in the judicial system by resolving multiple claims that might arise between the parties as opposed to courts trying each claim individually and re-litigating the same facts.

Finally, a cross-claim is the same as a counter-claim or contribution claim, except that it is asserted by a defendant against other defendants.

The defendant may also file a counterclaim against the plaintiff, or a cross-claim against a fellow defendant.

In late May, though, the city of Tucson filed a cross-claim and joined Officer Escobar in his suit.

Although the counties' cross-claim would meet the traditional criteria for ancillary jurisdiction, the Court found those criteria foreclosed by the Eleventh Amendment.

The directors were also sued for breach of their fiduciary and statutory duty to the company by the administrator, and in cross-claim by Pilmer and his fellow partners.

Ancillary jurisdiction The final question before the Court was whether the District Court rightly exercised ancillary jurisdiction over the counties' cross-claim against the state for indemnification.

The firm said it was "confident" of proving that Apple had violated separate patents belonging to Samsung relating to wireless technology in a cross-claim filed in the Federal Court case.

Richard Cooper then filed a cross-claim against RKO claiming while the publishing rights to the novel had not been renewed, his estate still had control over the plot/story of King Kong.

The defendant may also file a counterclaim against the plaintiff, a cross-claim against any co-defendant, or an impleader against a third party who the defendant feels should be brought in as a co-defendant.

A defendant may also file a counterclaim against the plaintiff, or a cross-claim against a co-defendant, at any point before the trial begins, so long as the amount is within the jurisdictional limits of the GDC.

As for West Virginia's cross-claim that its boundary was the high-water mark on the far shore of the Potomac River, Day found Morris v. United States, 174 U.S. 196 (1899), conclusive and dismissed the claim.

Two days after the residents sued, the Town of Southampton, a co-defendant because it jointly owns the property with the village, filed a cross-claim against the village, saying the Town Board disagrees with using the park as a hiring site.

The Town of Southampton, named as a co-defendant because it and the village share title to the park, filed a cross-claim against the village, the equivalent of its own lawsuit; it says the site is not a lawful use of dedicated parkland.

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