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crossclaim

noun

Etymology

From cross- + claim.

  1. derived from *kelh₁-✻
  2. derived from *klāmāō✻
  3. derived from clamo
  4. derived from clamer
  5. inherited from claimen
  6. formed as crossclaim — “cross- + claim”

Definitions

  1. A secondary lawsuit, brought by a defendant in an original lawsuit, against a…

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

  2. To file such a secondary lawsuit.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for crossclaim. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA