concursus

concursus (kon- or k[schwa]n-k[schwa]r-s[schwa]s). [Latin “a running together”]

1. Civil & Scots law. A proceeding in which two or more creditors claim, usu. adversely to each other, an interest in a fund or estate so that they can sort out and adjudicate all the claims on the fund. See CONCOURSE (3).

2. Civil law. INTER-PLEADER.

3. Eccles. law. An examination to determine a person’s fitness for parochial office.

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