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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

Multiplepoinding

Multiplepoinding, a proceeding in Scotch law, of the same nature as our Interpleader.

Feigned issue

might be ordered either by a Court of Law of Equity, or by a judge under the repealed Interpleader Act (1 & 2 Wm. 4, c. 58). Before the Gaming Act, 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c.

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strict

maintained or adhered to b : rigorously conforming to a principle or norm or condition [a bill of interpleader] 4 : not requiring fault see also strict liability at liability strictly adv

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

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.

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

intervention

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

interplead

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'

impleader

third party who may be liable to that plaintiff or defendant called also third-party practice compare counterclaim, cross-claim, interpleader, intervention, joinder

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