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Cross default
A provision in a debt instruments that allows it to be accelerated if there is a default or acceleration in another debt instrument. A cross-default clause can more narrowly be defined as one that allows acceleration if there is a default by another instrument. The more precise term for a clause that allows acceleration only where another debt has been accelerated is a cross-acceleration provision.
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