Cal. Codes » Code of Civil Procedure / PART 2. OF CIVIL ACTIONS / TITLE 6. OF THE PLEADINGS IN CIVIL ACTIONS / CHAPTER 2. Pleadings Demanding Relief / ARTICLE 2. Compulsory Cross-Complaints
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Cal. Code of Civil Procedure § 426.10 (2026)

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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.