Code of Civil Procedure section 426.10

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.

Source: Section 426.10, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=CCP§ionNum=426.­10.­ (updated Jan. 1, 1971; accessed Nov. 10, 2025).

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