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Webster 1913 Edition

Interpleader

Inˊter-plead′er

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Noun.
1.
One who interpleads.
2.
(Law)
A proceeding devised to enable a person, of whom the same debt, duty, or thing is claimed adversely by two or more parties, to compel them to litigate the right or title between themselves, and thereby to relieve himself from the suits which they might otherwise bring against him.

Webster 1828 Edition

Interpleader

INTERPLE'ADER

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Noun.
A bill of interpleader, in chancery, is where a person owes a debt or rent to one of the parties in suit, but, till the determination of it, he knows not to which,and he desired that they may interplead or settle their claims between themselves, that he may be safe in the payment.

Definition 2024

interpleader

interpleader

English

Noun

interpleader ‎(plural interpleaders)

  1. (law) One who makes an interplea.
  2. (law) Motion for a third party to enter into a lawsuit in process because a matter is being adjudicated in which they have an interest.
  3. (law) Process by which a third party asks a court to determine which of two rival claims is to be honored by the third party.

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Etymology

interplead +‎ -er

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