PART 2. OF CIVIL ACTIONS 307-1062.20›TITLE 6. OF THE PLEADINGS IN CIVIL ACTIONS 420-475›CHAPTER 2. Pleadings Demanding Relief 425.10-429.30›ARTICLE 2. Compulsory Cross-Complaints 426.10-426.70
§ 426.10
California Code of Civil Procedure · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California
As used in this article:
(a) “Complaint” means a complaint or cross-complaint.
(b) “Plaintiff” means a person who files a complaint or cross-complaint.
(c) “Related cause of action” means a cause of action which arises out of the same transaction, occurrence, or series of transactions or occurrences as the cause of action which the plaintiff alleges in his complaint.
(Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 244.)
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