- coparties
- Parties having like status, such as, co-defendants. Murray v. Haverford Hospital Corp., D.C.Pa., 278 F.Supp. 5, 7. "Co-party," within rule (F.R.C.P. 13) providing that a pleading may state as a cross-claim any claim by one party against a co-party arising out of the transaction or occurrence that is the subject matter of the original action, does not mean merely equal party, such as one of several original defendants, but applies to a third-party defendant brought into the case by an original defendant on a theory of liability over. Fogel v. United Gas Imp. Co., D.C.Pa., 32 F.R.D. 202, 204
Black's law dictionary. HENRY CAMPBELL BLACK, M. A.. 1990.