Cross bills
CROSS BILLS, practice. When an individual prosecutes a bill of indictment
against another, and the defendant procures another bill to be found against
the first prosecutor, the bills so found by the grand jury are called cross
bills. The most usually occur in cases of assault and battery.
2. In chancery practice it is not unusual for parties to file cross
bills. Vide Bill, cross.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.