Definitions for "Third-party claim"
Action by a defendant that brings a third party into a lawsuit. Compare intervention.
a claim that a defendant can include in its answer to a complaint, stating that a breach of duty by an entity not a party to the lawsuit gave rise to all or part of the plaintiff's claim. Service of the third-party complaint brings the entity into the suit as a third-party defendant, and the filing defendant becomes a third-party plaintiff.
Claim made to an insurance company for damage or injury caused by one of its policyholders.
Keywords:  seized, court, share, order, interest
An interest or share in property that has been seized by order of a court.