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
Other Word Forms
- uninterpleaded adjective
Etymology
Origin of interplead
1325–75; inter- + plead; replacing late Middle English enterpleden < Anglo-French enterpleder
Example Sentences
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“If there was a wealthy defendant who was unhappy with the share he’d been ordered to pay, he could simply try to find other wealthy defendants out there and interplead them in some kind of a case,” Cassell said.
From Washington Post
Interplead′er, one who interpleads: a form of process in the English courts, by a bill in equity, intended to protect a defendant who claims no interest in the subject-matter of a suit, while at the same time he has reason to know that the plaintiff's title is disputed by some other claimant.
From Project Gutenberg
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