CROSS - Black's Law Dictionary

What is CROSS? Definition of CROSS in Black's Law Dictionary - Legal dictionary - Glossary of legal terms.

A mark made by persons who  are unable  to write,  to stand instead of a signature. A mark usually in the form of an X, by which voters are commonly required  to express  their selection. There  are four principal forms  of the cross:  The St. Andrew's cross,  which  is made  in the form of an X ; the  Latin cross, t, as used ih the  crucifixion;  St. Anthony's cross,  which  is made  in the form of a T; and the  Greek cross, +, which is made  by the intersection at right  angles of lines at their center  point.  Hunt  v. Campbell, 19 Ariz. 254, 169 P. 596, 610.

As an adjective, the word  is applied to various demands  and proceedings which are connected  in subject matter, but opposite or contradictory in purpose or object.

As a verb  it means  to pass or extend  from one side  to the  other, as to cross a stream. People v. Hawkins, 51 Cal.App.2d Supp.  781, 124 P.2d 691, 692.

As to cross "Appeal," "Bill," "Complaint," "Re- mainder," "Rules," see those  titles.

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