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Definition of Impleader
1. n. One who prosecutes or sues another.
Definition of Impleader
1. Noun. (context: legal) A procedural device before trial in which a party joins a third-party into a lawsuit because that third-party is liable to an original defendant. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Impleader
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Impleader
Literary usage of Impleader
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Institute on Municipal Finance Law: Course Handbook by Practising Law Institute (1900)
"impleader of the City defendants could only be based on a cause of action for
contribution as to the plaintiffs state law claims against the underwriter ..."
2. The Life and Times of Richard Baxter: With a Critical Examination of His by William Orme (1830)
"The third thing in the 'Defence,' is 'Truth Pleading for Peace, against the many
Falsehoods of an unnamed impleader, who pretendeth to answer several ..."
3. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1780)
"Few will be nocent, faid that impleader, if ic be enough to deny ; few will be
innocent, replied the then Emperor, if it be enough to ..."
4. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1780)
"Few will be nocent, faid that impleader, if it be enough to deny ; few will be
innocent, replied the then Emperor, if it be enough to ..."
5. Archæologiæ Atticæ Libri Septem: Seven Books of the Attick Antiquities by Francis Rous (1675)
"Having thus far proceeded, the impleader gave in a Libel; which held the contents
of hi« adion, ..."