Interplead

[,intә'pli:d]

Definition

(v. i.) To plead against each other, or go to trial between themselves, as the claimants in an in an interpleader. See Interpleader.

Checker: Vernon

Definition

v.i. (law) to discuss adverse claims to property by bill of interpleader.—n. 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.

Editor: Matt