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interpleader |
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interpleader A legal proceeding in which one holding money and making no claim to it, but unsure as to which of several claimants should receive the money,pays the money into court.This is the normal route taken by an escrow agent or someone else holding earnest money when the buyer and seller both demand the earnest money.The escrow company will name both the buyer and seller as defendants; ask that it be reimbursed out of the money for its costs, usually a small attorney's fee and a court filing fee; and that it be allowed to exit from the fight. The buyer and seller then battle over the funds.How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Rules for Interpleader Relief There are also provisions dealing specifically with interpleader relief. The currently available joinder devices that could conceivably be employed to avoid the harms of indivisible relief include (1) compulsory joinder under Rule 19, (2) intervention under Rule 24, (3) interpleader under either Rule 22 or 28 U. ; and Judith Yoffie were all named in the complaint in interpleader. |
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