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cross-claim

cross-claim is the alternative form of crossclaim.

Meaning of crossclaim

Noun

crossclaim (plural crossclaims)

  1. A secondary lawsuit, brought by a defendant in an original lawsuit, against a co-defendant in the original suit.

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Forms of cross-claim

Noun
pluralcross-claims
Verb
third-person singular presentcross-claims
present participlecross-claiming
past participlecross-claimed
pastcross-claimed

Questions about cross-claim

What is cross-claim the alternative form of?
Cross-claim is the alternative form of crossclaim.

Words near cross-claim in the dictionary

  1. cross-check
  2. cross-checked
  3. cross-checking
  4. cross-checks
  5. cross-city
  6. cross-claim
  7. cross-claimed
  8. cross-claiming
  9. cross-claims
  10. cross-collateralization
  11. cross-collateralizations

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cross-claim (page history and authors); crossclaim (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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