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interpleader

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in·ter·plead·er  (ntr-pldr)
n. Law
A procedure to determine which of two parties making the same claim against a third party is the rightful claimant.

[Anglo-Norman enterpleder, to interplead, interpleader; see interplead.]

interpleader [ˌɪntəˈpliːdə]
n Law
1. (Law) a process by which a person holding money or property claimed by two or more parties and having no interest in it himself can require the claimants to litigate with each other to determine the issue
2. (Law) a person who interpleads


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The currently available joinder devices that could conceivably be employed to avoid the harms of indivisible relief include (1) compulsory joinder under Rule 19, (2) intervention under Rule 24, (3) interpleader under either Rule 22 or 28 U.
: Complaint for interpleader and deposit of surplus funds.
Judith Yoffie, who was left the three paintings by Mae Persky in her will, was one of three parties involved in a complaint in interpleader filed in federal civil court in Rhode Island.
 
 
 
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