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join·der /'jȯin-dər/ n [Anglo-French, from joinder to join, from Old French joindre, from Latin jungere]: the act or an instance of joining: asa: a joining of parties as coplaintiffs or codefendants in a suit; also: a joining of claims by one or more plaintiffs in a suit see also misjoinder compare counterclaim, cross-claim, impleader, interpleader, intervention, sever 3ccollusive joinder: an addition of a party to a suit made for the purpose of manufacturing federal jurisdiction◇ Under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure a federal district court will not have jurisdiction when collusive joinder is made.compulsory joinder: joinder of a party to a suit required by the court when the party is indispensable to complete relief for parties already involved or when the party claims an interest that may substantially affect the other parties or may be put at risk by the actionjoinder of remedies: a joining of two claims in one action even though one cannot be recognized until the other is resolved; specif: the combination of legal and equitable claims in one action when a fraudulent conveyance must first be set aside legally before equitable relief can be granted to a creditorpermissive joinder: a joining in a suit as coplaintiffs or codefendants of any parties that share common issues of law or fact in regard to the same occurrences or transactions; also: a joining in one suit of any legal, equitable, or maritime claims a party has against the opposing partyb: a joining of offenses or defendants in an indictment, information, or prosecutionc: a formal answer (as denial of fact) to an issue tenderedmoved for summary judgment after joinder of issued: a joining into a common transactionrequires the joinder of both spouses — W. M. McGovern, Jr. et al.
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
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assemblage, bringing together, coalescence, combination, concatenation, conjugation, conjunction, connection, coupling, joining, junction, linkage, linking, unification, union
associated concepts: fraudulent joinder, improper joinder, joinder of issue, joinder of parties, misjoinder, permissive joinder, severance
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attachment (act of affixing), merger
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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n.The act of uniting parties or causes of action to a lawsuit.
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
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The joining together of several lawsuits or several parties all in one lawsuit because the legal issues and the factual situation are the same for all plaintiffs and defendants, or because a party is necessary to the resolution of the case. Joinder may be mandatory if a person necessary to a fair result was not included in the original lawsuit, or it may be permissive if joining the cases together is only a matter of convenience or economy.Category: Accidents & InjuriesCategory: Representing Yourself in CourtCategory: Small Claims Court & Lawsuits
Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill. 2009.
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The joining to an action of a person or persons with whom common questions of law or fact arise.
Practical Law Dictionary. Glossary of UK, US and international legal terms. www.practicallaw.com. 2010.
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n. The combination of separate parties or claims into a single lawsuit.@ compulsory joinderThe required joinder of a party without whom a dispute cannot be fully resolved.=>> joinder.@ misjoinderThe joining of a party who is not properly a part of the case.n. The improper addition or inclusion of parties or claims in a civil case, or of charges in a criminal case.=>> joinder.@ nonjoinderThe failure to join a party who should be part of the case.=>> joinder.@ permissive joinderThe optional joinder of parties or claims because of an overlap in the issues or interests involved.=>> joinder.@
Webster's New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000.
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The union in one lawsuit of multiple parties who have the same rights or against whom rights are claimed as coplaintiffs or codefendants. The combination in one lawsuit of two or more causes of action, or grounds for relief. At common law the acceptance by opposing parties that a particular issue is in dispute.
Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
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The union in one lawsuit of multiple parties who have the same rights or against whom rights are claimed as coplaintiffs or codefendants. The combination in one lawsuit of two or more causes of action, or grounds for relief. At common law the acceptance by opposing parties that a particular issue is in dispute.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.
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n.the joining together of several lawsuits or several parties all in one lawsuit, provided that the legal issues and the factual situation are the same for all plaintiffs and defendants. Joinder requires a) that one of the parties to one of the lawsuits make a motion to join the suits and the parties in a single case; b) notice must be made to all parties; c) there must be a hearing before a judge to show why joinder will not cause prejudice (hurt) to any of the parties to the existing lawsuits; and d) an order of the judge permitting joinder. Joinder may be mandatory if a person necessary to a fair result was not included in the original lawsuit, or it may be permissive if joining the cases together is only a matter of convenience or economy.
Law dictionary. EdwART. 2013.
