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noun
An action ingrafted on another suit, in which the interpleader becomes the plaintiff and the attaching plaintiff is the defendant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
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History
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.
Across languages
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