Cross Rules
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
These were rules where each of the opposite litigants obtained a rule nisi, as the plaintiff to increase the damages, and the defendant to enter a nonsuit. Wharton,
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Rules entered where each of the opposite litigants obtained a rule nisi, as the plaintiff to increase the damages, and the defendant to enter a nonsuit, Wharton. CR0SSED-CHECK. See Check.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
These were rules where each of the opposite litigante obtained a rule nisi, as the plnintiff to increase the damages, and the defendant to enter a nonsuit. Wharton.
Defined under Rule in Black's Law Dictionary.