Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

third-party claim

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.72 in modern English

Syllables: third--par-ty -claim
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A derivative lawsuit brought by a defendant in an original lawsuit, claiming that another new party being brought in is responsible for or should share in the plaintiff's damages against the defendant.

Inflected Forms

third-party claims (plural)

Questions

What does third-party claim mean?: A derivative lawsuit brought by a defendant in an original lawsuit, claiming that another new party being brought in is responsible for or should share in the plaintiff's damages against the defendant.

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