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Noun: interpleader  ,in-tu(r)'plee-du(r)
  1. 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

Derived forms: interpleaders

Encyclopedia: Interpleader