Cross-demand
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1891)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
A statement of new matter constituting a cause of action in the defendant's favor against the plaintiff. See 32 Iowa, 383.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A demand is so called which is preferred by B, in opposition to one already preferred against him by A.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Where a person against whom a demand is made by another, in his turn makes 2 demand against that other, these mutual demands are called “crossdemands.” <A set-off is a familiar example.