joinder, permissive

joinder, permissive
n.
The voluntary joining of a lawsuit by a party who is not indispensable to the action but who does have a claim for relief arising out of it.

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.

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