Multiple Poinding
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence · Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
In Scotch law, means double distress. An action of multiple poinding is an action brought by a person threatened by rival claimants, calling upon them to dispute their preferences inter se. (^Bell.) It corresponds substantially to proceedings by way of interpleader in the English law. Mozley & W.