\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.