Interpleader vs. Impleader

Interpleadernoun

(legal) One who makes an interplea.

Interpleadernoun

(legal) Motion for a third party to enter into a lawsuit in process because a matter is being adjudicated in which they have an interest.

Interpleadernoun

(legal) Process by which a third party asks a court to determine which of two rival claims is to be honored by the third party.

Interpleadernoun

One who interpleads.

Interpleadernoun

A proceeding devised to enable a person, of whom the same debt, duty, or thing is claimed adversely by two or more parties, to compel them to litigate the right or title between themselves, and thereby to relieve himself from the suits which they might otherwise bring against him.

Interpleader

Interpleader is a civil procedure device that allows a plaintiff or a defendant to initiate a lawsuit in order to compel two or more other parties to litigate a dispute. An interpleader action originates when the plaintiff holds property on behalf of another, but does not know to whom the property should be transferred.

Impleadernoun

(legal) A procedural device before trial in which a party joins a third party into a lawsuit because that party is liable to an original defendant.

Impleadernoun

One who prosecutes or sues another.

Impleader

Impleader is a procedural device before trial in which one party joins a third party into a lawsuit because that third party is liable to an original defendant. Using the vocabulary of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the defendant seeks to become a third-party plaintiff by filing a third party complaint against a third party not presently party to the lawsuit, who thereby becomes a third-party defendant.