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join vt1: to unite so as to form one unitjoin the claims in one action2 a: to align oneself with esp. in a legal mattershe join ed her husband as plaintiffb: to cause or order (a person) to become a party to a lawsuitif the person has not been so join ed, the court shall order that the person be made a party — Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 19(a) compare consolidate, implead, interplead, intervenec: to enter into or participate injoin the suitvi1: to come together so as to form a unitthe other victims of the scheme join ed in the suit2: to commence involvement or participationif the person should join as a plaintiff but refuses to do so, the person may be made a defendant, or...an involuntary plaintiff — Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 19(a)join·able adjjoin issue or join the issue1: to accept, fix on, or clearly define an issue as the subject of a legal disputerefused to join issue by filing an answer with the court2: to take an opposed position on some questionjoin issue with the conclusion
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
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(associate oneself with) verb
act in concert, affiliate, align, ally, associate, band together, be united, become a member, become connected with, belong to, combine, confederate, consociate, consort, cooperate, enlist, enroll, enter, fraternize, league together, make an agreement with, mingle, participate, pool, register, se coniungere, side with, sign on, subscribe, take part, take up membership, team up with, unite
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(bring together) verb
accouple, accumulate, adhere, aggregate, aggroup, alloy, amalgamate, amass, annex, append, assemble, attach, band, bind, blend, bridge, bring in contact, coact, collect, colligate, collocate, combine, commingle, compound, concatenate, conectere, conglomerate, conglutinate, coniungere, conjoin, connect, consolidate, convene, copulare, couple, entwine, federalize, federate, fit together, fuse, gather, glue, group, harness, incorporate, inosculate, interlink, interlock, intertwine, intertwist, interweave, knit, link, marry, mass, match, meld, merge, mix, pair, piece together, pool, put together, rally, splice, subjoin, unify, unite, wed, weld, yoke
associated concepts: issue joined, joinder of parties
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abut, accompany, adhere (fasten), affiliate, affix, aggregate, amalgamate, annex (add), append, bond (hold together), border (approach), border (bound), cement, collect (gather), commingle, congregate, connect (join together), consolidate (unite), conspire, contact (touch), correspond (be equivalent), enroll, espouse, federalize (associate), federate, incorporate (include), juxtapose, lock, meet, merge, organize (unionize), participate, register, unite
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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v.To combine or unite; to unite with another party in a lawsuit; to add a cause of action or issue to a lawsuit. See also joinder
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.