California Code of Civil Procedure

§ 428.70

CCP § 428.70Title 6 · Part 2 · Ch. 2 · Art. 4

Statute text

(a)As used in this section:

(1)“Third-party plaintiff” means a person against whom a cause of action has been asserted in a complaint or cross-complaint, who claims the right to recover all or part of any amounts for which he may be held liable on such cause of action from a third person, and who files a cross-complaint stating such claim as a cause of action against the third person.

(2)“Third-party defendant” means the person who is alleged in a cross-complaint filed by a third-party plaintiff to be liable to the third-party plaintiff if the third-party plaintiff is held liable on the claim against him.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 244.