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Supplemental Complaint

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

In code practice. A complaint supplying some defect or omission in the original complaint, not curable by amendment.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

One stating facts arising after the filing of the original complaint. See 132 Ind. 327, 30 N. E. 880.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Under the codes of practice obtaining m some of the states, this name is given to a complaint filed in an action, for the purpose of supplying some defect or omission in the original complaint, or of adding something to it which could not properly be introduced by amendment. See Pouder v. Tate, 132 Ind. 327, 30 N. E. 880; Plumer v. McDonald Lumber Co., 74 Wis. 137, 42 N. W. 250.

Defined under Supplemental in Black's Law Dictionary.