bill in the nature of interpleader
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A bill seeking affirmative relief independent of the conflicting claims of the several defendants, which a party may often be allowed to file when he asserts a substantial interest in the fund or property in controversy and hence cannot file a bill to compel other claimants to interplead concerning the same. 30 Am J Rev ed Interpl § 16.
Ballentine's law dictionary.
Anderson, W.S..
1998.
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