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interplea

interplea noun: an action ingrafted on another suit, in which the interpleader becomes the plaintiff and the attaching plaintiff is the defendant.

Noun

interplea (plural interpleas)

  1. An action ingrafted on another suit, in which the interpleader becomes the plaintiff and the attaching plaintiff is the defendant.

Forms of interplea

pluralinterpleas

Origin of interplea

From inter- + plea.

Questions about interplea

What does interplea mean?
Interplea means an action ingrafted on another suit, in which the interpleader becomes the plaintiff and the attaching plaintiff is the defendant.
What part of speech is interplea?
Interplea is a noun.
What is the plural of interplea?
The plural of interplea is interpleas.

Words near interplea in the dictionary

  1. interplayed
  2. interplayer
  3. interplaying
  4. interplayings
  5. interplays
  6. interplea
  7. interplead
  8. interpleaded
  9. interpleader
  10. interpleaders
  11. interpleading

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