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CROSS BILLS, practice (law)


CROSS BILLS, practice. When an individual prosecutes a bill of indictment against another, and the defendant procures another bill to be found against 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 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. bills. The most usually occur in cases of assault and battery. 2. In chancery practice it is not unusual for parties to file cross 2. In chancery practice it is not unusual for parties to file cross bills. Vide Bill, cross. bills. Vide Bill, cross.

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1. One of a fabulous race of female warriors in Scythia; hence, a female warrior.

2. A tall, strong, masculine woman; a virago.

3. <ornithology> A name numerous species of South American parrots of the genus Chrysotis.

<zoology> Amazon ant, a species of ant (Polyergus rufescens), of Europe and America. They seize by conquest the larvae and nymphs Other species and make slaves of them in their own nests.