California Codes, Code of Civil Procedure - CCP, Part 2 — Of Civil Actions, Title 7 — Other Provisional Remedies in Civil Actions, Chapter 2 — Claim and Delivery of Personal Property, Article 1 — Words and Phrases Defined, Section 511.020
“Complaint” includes a cross-complaint.
Notes
Defines complaint to include a cross-complaint. Accordingly, wherever the governing provision uses the term complaint, that defined term encompasses a cross-complaint as part of its stated meaning; the text adds no further limitation, condition, deadline, or exception to that inclusion.
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