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in⋅ter⋅plead⋅er

1   [in-ter-plee-der]
–noun Law.
a judicial proceeding by which, when two parties make the same claim against a third party, the rightful claimant is determined.
Origin:
1510–20; var. of enterpleder < AF (inf. used as n.)
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in⋅ter⋅plead⋅er

2   [in-ter-plee-der]
–noun Law.
a party who interpleads.
Origin:
1840–50; interplead + -er 1
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in·ter·plead·er     (ĭn'tər-plē'dər)  Pronunciation Key 
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.]

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Interpleader

In`ter*plead"\, v. i. (Law) To plead against each other, or go to trial between themselves, as the claimants in an in an interpleader. See Interpleader. [Written also enterplead.]

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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