1. A plea by which a person sued in respect to property disclaims any interest in it and demands that rival claimants shall litigate their titles between themselves and relieve him from responsibility. Bennett v. Wolverton, 24 Kan. ,286. See INTERPLEADER. 2. In Missouri, a statutory proceeding serving as a substitute for the action of replevin, by which a third person … [Read more...]
INTERMITTENT LEAVE
Leave from work that is granted under the Family and Medical Leave act that is staggered instead of continuous but is permissible, e.g. the recurrence of a dangerous condition. … [Read more...]
INTERPLEADER
When two or more persons claim the same thing (or fund) of a third, and he, laying no claim to it himself, is ignorant which of them has a right to it, and fears he may be prejudiced by their proceeding against him to recover it, he may file a bill in equity against them, the object of which is to make them litigate their title between themselves, instead of litigating it with … [Read more...]
INTERMIXTURE OF GOODS
Confusion of goods; the confusing or mingling together of goods belonging to different owners in such a way that the property of neither owner can be separately identified or extracted from the mass. See Smith v. Sanborn, 6 Gray (Mass.) 134. And see CONFUSION OF GOODS. … [Read more...]
INTERPOLATE
The insertion of words or a clause into a document so as to change the meaning. To insert between two fixed points. … [Read more...]