n. a procedural device before trial in which a party brings a thi...

An addition of a third party to an action by the defendant.

A procedure in which one party brings a third party into a lawsuit. Usually a defendant initiates the proceeding to show that the third party is liable to the plaintiff. Compare: interpleader

the act or procedural device of impleading a third party ;specif : a petition or complaint brought in a lawsuit by a plaintiff or defendant against a third party who may be liable to that ...

An impleader is a civil procedure used by a defending party to bring nonparty into the litigation. A nonparty may be impleaded if the nonparty is or may be liable to the defendant for all or part of t [..]

n. a procedural device before trial in which a party brings a third party into the lawsuit because that third party is the one who owes money to an original defendant, which money will be available to [..]