interplead
Americanverb (used without object)
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to litigate with each other in order to determine which of two parties is the rightful claimant against a third party.
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to bring two or more claimants before a court to determine which of them is entitled to a claim that a third party recognizes.
verb
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Etymology
Origin of interplead
1325–75; inter- + plead; replacing late Middle English enterpleden < Anglo-French enterpleder
Example Sentences
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Hauing thus met him I so much adored, no interpleading was there of opposite occasions, but backe I must returne and beare halfe stakes with him in the lotterie of trauell.
From The Vnfortunate Traveller, or The Life Of Jack Wilton With An Essay On The Life And Writings Of Thomas Nash By Edmund Gosse by Edmund Gosse
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