Joinder

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  • noun. A joining of causes of action or parties in a single lawsuit.
  • noun. The act of joining.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A joining; conjunction.
  • noun. In law: The coupling or joining of two causes of action in a suit against another: called more fully joinder of action.
  • noun. The coupling of two or more persons together as defendants.
  • noun. The acceptance by a party to an action of the point of controversy put in his adversary's previous pleading: called joinder in demurrer if the previous pleading was a demurrer, joinder of issue if it was an allegation of fact.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of joining; a putting together; conjunction.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A joining of parties as plaintiffs or defendants in a suit.
  • noun. Acceptance of an issue tendered in law or fact.
  • noun. A joining of causes of action or defense in civil suits or criminal prosecutions.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The joining a litigant to a suit.
  • Word Usage
    "You may also be able to challenge the subpoena or the lawsuit on other grounds, including that it was improper to add you into the lawsuit with others (called "joinder"), or that the"
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