Crossbill
Pronunciation : Cross"bill` (-bl`). (Law)
Definition : Defn: A bill brought by a defendant, in an equity or chancery suit, against the plaintiff, respecting the matter in question in that suit. Bouvier.
Note: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Cross"bill`
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: A bird of the genus Loxia, allied to the finches. Their mandibles are strongly curved and cross each other; the crossbeak.
(Zo?l.)
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913