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Definition of Implead
1. v. t. To institute and prosecute a suit against, in court; to sue or prosecute at law; hence, to accuse; to impeach.
2. v. i. To sue at law.
Definition of Implead
1. Verb. (legal) To sue in court, to raise an action against a defendant. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Implead
1. to sue in a court of law [v -PLEADED or -PLED, -PLEADING, -PLEADS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Implead
Literary usage of Implead
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Publications of the Selden Society by Selden Society (1906)
"If the reeve's Serjeant implead a burgess, he shall not answer unless there is
witness. ь Leges Quatuor ..."
2. Borough Customs by Mary Bateson (1906)
"... Restrictions on the Reeve's Power to implead Burgesses.' 1154 Wallingford
Charter.—Et si ipse prepositus eos aliqua occasione sine ..."
3. A New Law Dictionary and Glossary: Containing Full Definitions of the by Alexander Mansfield Burrill (1851)
"To subject to an action, or placitum ; * to implead or sue. In omni casu quo
minores infra ... Slat. Westm. 2, c. 31. See Bract, fol. 102 b. implead. ..."
4. An Inquiry Into Scriptual and Ancient Servitude: In which it is Shown that by E Smith, of Mansfield O. E Smith (1852)
"... they could implead their own masters; then law regulated slavery, and the
slave could appeal to it for redress in his own person. ..."
5. A popular commentary on the New Testament by Daniel Denison Whedon (1875)
"3§ Wherefore if Demetrius, and the craftsmen which are with him, have a matter
against any man, " the law is open, and there are deputies : let them implead ..."
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