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BILL OF INTERPLEADER Definition & Legal Meaning

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The name of a bill in equity to obtain a settlement of a question of right to money or other property adversely claimed, in which the party filing the bill has no interest, although it may be in his hands, by compelling such adverse claimants to litigate the right or title between themselves, and relieve him from liability or litigation. Van Winkle v. Owen, 54 X. J. Eq. 253, 34 Atl. 400; Wakeman v. Kingsland, 46 N. J. Eq. 113, IS Atl. 680; Gibson v. Gold- thwaite, 7 Ala. 2S1, 42 Am. Dec. 592.

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