Third Party Claim - Law Dictionary Search Results
Lien
debt or demand due from the person for whose benefit the party is acting, and not from a third person, although the goods may be claimed through him. (3) How a lien may be waived or lost. … the thing itself. It is either particular, as a right to retain a thing for some charge or claim growing out of, or connected with, the identical thing; or general, as a right to retain a thing
third-party complaint
Matched in: Term third-party complaint
cross-claim
Matched in: Term cross-claim
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impleader
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
subrogation
subrogation 1 : an equitable doctrine holding that when a third party pays a creditor or obligee the third party succeeds to the creditor's rights against the debtor or obligor … against the debtor or obligor ;also : a doctrine holding that when an insurance company pays an insured's claim of loss due to another's tort the insurer succeeds to the insured's rights (as the right to sue
counterclaim
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
Circuity of action
under which all parties concerned were brought before the Court before deciding an action, and see also the third party procedure under R.S.C. Ord. XVI., r. 48, where the defendant claims contribu-tion or indemnity against any person not … an action, and see also the third party procedure under R.S.C. Ord. XVI., r. 48, where the defendant claims contribu-tion or indemnity against any person not a party to the action.
Contribution
to be entitled to contribution over against any other person, such other person maybe brought in as a 'third party' and relief obtained against him. See THIRD PARTY. Means a contribution payable in respect of a member under … (1891) 1 Ch 337, and cases there cited. In an action in the High Court, where a defendant claims to be entitled to contribution over against any other person, such other person maybe brought in as a
interplead
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 … 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
joint enterprise
right of control (as of a vehicle) NOTE: In regard to a tort involving such an enterprise, a third party may impute negligence of one party (as a driver) to another in the enterprise. … a common interest and an equal right of control (as of a vehicle) NOTE: In regard to a tort involving such an enterprise, a third party may impute negligence of one party (as a driver) to another
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