Interpleader \In`ter*plead"er\, n.
1. One who interpleads.
2. (Law) A proceeding devised to enable a person, of whom the
same debt, duty, or thing is claimed adversely by two or
more parties, to compel them to litigate the right or
title between themselves, and thereby to relieve himself
from the suits which they might otherwise bring against
him.