Practice question
A claim by one defendant against a co-defendant arising from the transaction that is the subject of the original action is ordinarily what kind of pleading?
- A reply against the plaintiff
- A cross-claim
- A notice of appeal
- An affidavit of service
- A compulsory criminal information
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-10-20-sc_2019.html — current Rule 6, sections 2–3, 5, 7–8 and 10–11, pleadings, defenses, counterclaims, replies and third-party claims.
- https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_1-71_civil.html — Rule 6 unchanged sections 1, 4, 6 and 9, read with the 2019 amendments rather than superseded reply text.
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