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impleadment

impleadment noun: the act of impleading, or the state of being impleaded.

Noun

impleadment (countable and uncountable, plural impleadments)

  1. The act of impleading, or the state of being impleaded.
    • Of course, a state cannot authorize the impleadment of a corporation on substituted service, except possibly, as to property having a situs in such state, but service on the president of a corporation as he is passing through a state or service on an agent duly appointed to accept service of...1906, The Central Law Journal, volume 62, page 14
    • In the absence of any order that the impleadment of newly added or substituted party shall take effect from the date of institution of a suit, the period of limitation so far as the newly added or substituted shall run from the date of their impleadment in the suit.1987, Shriniwas Gupta, The Limitation Act, page 184

Forms of impleadment

pluralimpleadments

Origin of impleadment

From implead + -ment.

Questions about impleadment

What does impleadment mean?
Impleadment means the act of impleading, or the state of being impleaded.
What part of speech is impleadment?
Impleadment is a noun.
What is the plural of impleadment?
The plural of impleadment is impleadments.

Words near impleadment in the dictionary

  1. impleadable
  2. impleaded
  3. impleader
  4. impleaders
  5. impleading
  6. impleadment
  7. impleadments
  8. impleads
  9. impleasing
  10. impled
  11. impledge

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