implead
Americanverb (used with object)
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to sue in a court of law.
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to bring (a new party) into an action because they are or may be liable to the suing party for all or part of the claim against the party being sued.
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to accuse; impeach.
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Archaic. to plead (a suit).
verb
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to sue or prosecute
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to bring an action against
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to accuse
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of implead
First recorded in 1250–1300; late Middle English impleden, Middle English empleden, from Anglo-French empleder; see im- 1, plead
Example Sentences
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It has rightly been maintained, that he could implead his master in consequence of an agreement with him.
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Paul Vinogradoff
Milborne saw his bitter foe, Robert Livingston, in the throng, and exclaimed: "Robert Livingston, for this I will implead thee at the bar of God!"
From The Land We Live In The Story of Our Country by Henry Mann
An exception to the sale cannot be taken, there is no going back, neither shall implead the other.
From Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters by C. H. W. (Claude Hermann Walter) Johns
So that they shall not be bound to come before the Iustices aforesaid, except any of the same Barons doe implead any man, or if any man be impleaded.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 01 by Richard Hakluyt
To sue or be sued, implead or be impleaded, grant or receive, by it's corporate name, and do all other acts as natural persons may.
From Commentaries on the Laws of England Book the First by Sir William Blackstone
So that they shall not be bound to come before the Iustices aforesaid, except any of the same Barons doe implead any man, or if any man be impleaded.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 01 by Richard Hakluyt
Return, return! all night I see it burn, All night it prays like me, and lifts a twin Of palmed praying hands that meet and yearn— Yearn to the impleaded skies for thy return.
From Bulchevy's Book of English Verse by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
To sue or be sued, implead or be impleaded, grant or receive, by it's corporate name, and do all other acts as natural persons may.
From Commentaries on the Laws of England Book the First by Sir William Blackstone
About this time a serious quarrel occurred, when 'Henry Fitz-Alan impleaded Matthew Fitz-John, with forty others, for throwing down a pillory in Dodbrooke.
From Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts by Rosalind Northcote
At Rome, as soon as the new plebeian tribunes entered upon their office, Lucius Metellus, a plebeian tribune, immediately appointed a day for impleading the censors, Publius Furius and Marcus Atilius, before the people.
From The History of Rome, Books 09 to 26 by Titus Livius
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