impleading
/ɪmˈpliːdɪŋ/
verb
- Present participle of implead: the act of bringing someone into a lawsuit as a defendant.
- They are impleading the former employee for fraud.
- The lawyer is impleading the manufacturer for product defects.
- Impleading the supplier helped the defendant avoid full liability.
noun
- The process of bringing a third party into a lawsuit.
- Impleading is common in cases with multiple responsible parties.
- The attorney's strategy relied on impleading the insurance company.
- The judge explained the rules of impleading to the jury.