{"data":{"id":"us-ca/ccp-426.10","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CCP § 426.10","heading":"","body":"As used in this article:\n(a) “Complaint” means a complaint or cross-complaint.\n(b) “Plaintiff” means a person who files a complaint or cross-complaint.\n(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.","path":["Code of Civil Procedure - CCP","PART 2. OF CIVIL ACTIONS [307. - 1062.34.]","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.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"eff3549e1aaf9d1729fdd32f40e63eacc585dbd8cd996ff485b924612fd0ddf5","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/ccp-425.55","next":"us-ca/ccp-426.30"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}