crossbill

1. A bill brought by a defendant, in an equity or chancery suit, against the plaintiff, respecting the matter in question in that suit. Source: opted

2. n. A bird of the genus Loxia, allied to the finches. Their mandibles are strongly curved and cross each other; the crossbeak. Source: opted

3. n. finch with a bill whose tips cross when closed Source: wordnet

4. 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. A bird of the genus Loxia, allied to the finches. Their mandibles are strongly curved and cross each other; the crossbeak. Source: webster

5. A bill brought by a defendant, in an equity or chancery suit,against the plaintiff, respecting the matter in question in thatsuit. Bouvier. Source: adambom

6. n. finch with a bill whose tips cross when closed Source: ecdict

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