interpleader
nounEtymology From interplead + -er.
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.
- Related terms
- concursus, impleader, intervention