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multiplepoinding

multiplepoinding noun: a legal action taken when there are several claimants to the same fund or property.

Noun

multiplepoinding (plural multiplepoindings)

  1. (Scotland) A legal action taken when there are several claimants to the same fund or property.
    • Mr. Wildgoose, Mr. Peebles's eighth agent, recommended a Multiplepoinding to bring all parties concerned into the field.1824, Walter Scott, Redgauntlet
    • The multiplepoinding makes the fund litigious, to the effect of preventing the common debtor, to whom the fund originally belonged, from granting any voluntary conveyances of it while the action is in dependence.1826, George Joseph Bell, Commentaries on the laws of Scotland, and on the principles of mercantile jurisprudence, Volume 2, page 299

Forms of multiplepoinding

pluralmultiplepoindings

Origin of multiplepoinding

From multiple + poinding.

Questions about multiplepoinding

What does multiplepoinding mean?
Multiplepoinding means a legal action taken when there are several claimants to the same fund or property.
What part of speech is multiplepoinding?
Multiplepoinding is a noun.
What is the plural of multiplepoinding?
The plural of multiplepoinding is multiplepoindings.

Words near multiplepoinding in the dictionary

  1. multiple-exposure
  2. multiple-exposures
  3. multiplee
  4. multiplees
  5. multipleness
  6. multiplepoinding
  7. multiplepoindings
  8. multiples
  9. multiplet
  10. multiplets
  11. multiplex

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