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impleader : the act or procedural device of impleading a third party ;specif : a petition or complaint brought in a lawsuit by a plaintiff or defendant against a third party who may be liable to that plaintiff or defendant called also third-party practice compare counterclaim, cross-claim, interpleader, intervention, joinder ...
implead
implead [Anglo-French empleder, from Old French emplaidier, from en- thoroughly + plaidier to plead] : to bring into a lawsuit ;specif : to bring (a third party who is or may be liable to the plaintiff or defendant) into a suit compare interplead, intervene, join ...
Implead
Implead, to sue or prosecute....
Superoneratione pastur'
Superoneratione pastur', a judicial writ that lay against him who was impleaded in the county court for the surcharge of a common with his cattle, in a case where he was formerly impleaded for it in the same Court, and the cause was removed into one of the superior courts, Ibid. Obsolete....
interplead
interplead [Anglo-French enterpleder, from enter- between, among + pleder to plead, from Old French plaidier] vt : to bring (adverse claimants) into court by interpleader [the defendants can injured stock purchasers if they fear the latter may have a superior claim…to the agents' illicit profits "R. C. Clark"] compare implead, intervene vi : to go to trial with each other in order to settle adverse claims to property held by or an obligation owed by a third party (as an insurance company) [may be joined as defendants and required to when their claims are such that the plaintiff is or may be exposed to double or multiple liability "Official Code of Georgia Annotated"] ...
interpleader
interpleader [Anglo-French enterpleder, from enterpleder, verb] : a proceeding by which a person compels parties making the same claim against him or her to litigate the matter between themselves see also bill in the nature of interpleader and bill of interpleader at bill compare counterclaim, cross-claim, impleader, intervention, joinder NOTE: When an interpleader is initiated, the person holding the property or owing the obligation that is the subject of the adverse claims usually must deposit the property or post a bond with the court. n : a person who is a party to an interpleader action ...
intervene
intervene -ven·ed -ven·ing 1 : to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events [may be held liable even though other independent agencies between his negligence and the ultimate result "Hooks SuperxInc. v. McLaughlin, 642 N.E.2d 514 (1994)"] 2 a : to come in or between by way of hindrance or modification [ to stop a fight] b : to become a party to a legal proceeding begun by others in order to protect an alleged interest in the subject matter of the proceeding [the Commissioner of Internal Revenue was granted leave to "P. A. Freund"] compare implead, interplead, join in·ter·ve·nor [-vē-nər, -nȯr] n ...
intervention
intervention : the act or an instance of intervening ;specif : the act or procedure by which a third party becomes a party to a pending proceeding between other parties in order to protect his or her own interest in the subject matter of the suit compare impleader, interpleader, joinder NOTE: Intervention developed as a procedure in equity courts. There is some overlap between joinder and intervention because of the merger of law and equity in federal practice. intervention of right : intervention allowed in federal civil procedure when a statute grants an absolute right to intervene or when the applicant claims an interest in the subject of the proceeding that the applicant may be impeded from protecting by the disposition of the proceeding NOTE: Intervention of right will not be granted if the court considers that the applicant's interest is already adequately represented. permissive intervention : intervention allowed in federal civil procedure when a statute grants a condi...
join
join 1 : to unite so as to form one unit [ the claims in one action] 2 a : to align oneself with esp. in a legal matter [she ed her husband as plaintiff] b : to cause or order (a person) to become a party to a lawsuit [if the person has not been so ed, the court shall order that the person be made a party "Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 19(a)"] compare consolidate, implead, interplead, intervene c : to enter into or participate in [ the suit] vi 1 : to come together so as to form a unit [the other victims of the scheme ed in the suit] 2 : to commence involvement or participation [if the person should as a plaintiff but refuses to do so, the person may be made a defendant, or…an involuntary plaintiff "Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 19(a)"] join·able adj join issue or join the issue 1 : to accept, fix on, or clearly define an issue as the subject of a legal dispute [refused to join issue by filing an answer with the court] 2 : to take an opposed p...
joinder
joinder [Anglo-French, from joinder to join, from Old French joindre, from Latin jungere] : the act or an instance of joining: as a : a joining of parties as coplaintiffs or codefendants in a suit ;also : a joining of claims by one or more plaintiffs in a suit see also misjoinder compare counterclaim, cross-claim, impleader, interpleader, intervention, sever collusive joinder : an addition of a party to a suit made for the purpose of manufacturing federal jurisdiction NOTE: Under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure a federal district court will not have jurisdiction when collusive joinder is made. compulsory joinder : joinder of a party to a suit required by the court when the party is indispensable to complete relief for parties already involved or when the party claims an interest that may substantially affect the other parties or may be put at risk by the action joinder of remedies : a joining of two claims in one action even though one cannot be recognized until the othe...
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