noun
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the act of joining, esp in legal contexts
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law
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(in pleading) the stage at which the parties join issue ( joinder of issue )
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the joining of two or more persons as coplaintiffs or codefendants ( joinder of parties )
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the joining of two or more causes in one suit
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Etymology
Origin of joinder
From the French word joindre, dating back to 1595–1605. See join, -er 3
Example Sentences
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"The additional defendants all now consent to joinder," said Tim Lord of Brick Court Chambers, according to a transcript here of the proceedings.
From Reuters ● Jul. 16, 2021
"Given the strength of Mr. Ble Goude's defense at confirmation, all prosecutorial talk of a joinder is wishful thinking," he said in an email to The Associated Press.
From US News ● Nov. 4, 2014
It has so many serrated points of contact with other events that the human mind is not able to fit a false event so that no trace of the joinder will appear.
From The Sleuth of St. James's Square by Melville Davisson Post
But the succession which admits a joinder of times is not hereditary succession alone.
From The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes
The Attorney-General, on the part of the crown, put in the usual plea, or joinder in error—"In nullo est erratum;" Anglicè, that "there is no error in the record."
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844 by Various
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