Home › Words › M › multiplepoindingmultiplepoindingmultiplepoinding · noun — A legal action taken when there are several claimants to the same fund or property.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom multiple + poinding.nounA legal action taken when there are several claimants to the same fund or property.e.g.“Mr. Wildgoose, Mr. Peebles's eighth agent, recommended a Multiplepoinding to bring all parties concerned into the field.” — 1824, Walter Scott, Redgauntlet:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).