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crossbill
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crossbill,
A bill brought by a defendant, in an equity or chancery suit, against the plaintiff, respecting the matter in question in that suit. Bouvier. [1913 Webster]
" In criminal practice, cross bills of indictment for assault, in which the prosecutor in once case is the defendant in another, may be tried together." [1913 Webster]
crossbill, n.
A bird of the genus Loxia , allied to the finches. Their mandibles are strongly curved and cross each other; the crossbeak. [1913 Webster]
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