Interpleader
A Law Dictionary and Glossary · George C. Kinney · 1893
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
A mode of obtaining the settlement of a question of right to property or money adversely claimed, by compelling the claimants to interplead, i. e. to litigate the title between themselves, for the benefit and relief of a third person of whom they claim. V. Bill in equity. Interpretari et concordare leges legibus est optimns interpretandi modus, I. To interpret and [in such a way as] to harmonize laws with laws, is the best mode of interpretation. Interpretatio chartarum benigne facienda est ut res magis valeat qnam pereat, I. The interpretation of deeds is to be liberal, that the thing may rather have effect than fail. Interpretatio flenda est ut res valeat: interpretation is to be [so] made that the subject ambiguity, such an is inconvenient and