interplea

An action ingrafted on another suit, in which the interpleader becomes the plaintiff and the attaching plaintiff is the defendant.

Noun

  1. An action ingrafted on another suit, in which the interpleader becomes the plaintiff and the attaching plaintiff is the defendant.

Origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English plea English interplea From inter- + plea.

Forms

interpleas