Interplead - Law Dictionary Search Results
minimal diversity
a state different from at least one defendant compare complete diversity NOTE: Diversity jurisdiction requires complete diversity. Statutory interpleader requires only minimal diversity between the claimants, however.
jurisdiction
means that no party on one side has the same citizenship as a party on the other side. Interpleader in federal district courts, however, requires only minimal diversity, which means that at least one party has citizenship
joinder
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
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impleader
third party who may be liable to that plaintiff or defendant called also third-party practice compare counterclaim, cross-claim, interpleader, intervention, joinder
counterclaim
an opposing party after an original claim has been made compare affirmative defense at defense, cross-action, cross-appeal, cross-claim, interpleader, third-party claim counterclaim vb
Remitter of actions to County Court
probate proceedings (s. 61), application to attach debts or bring execution against members of a firm (s. 138). Interpleader issues may also be remitted to the County Court if they may be more conveniently determined there, and
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