joinder
/ˈdʒɔɪndə
/noun [mass noun] Law
The action of bringing parties together; union: the joinder of parties...
- That is to say, these very same prosecutors were at court on an application for joinder as parties and they elected not to make that application.
- Additionally, this is not a case where Borchard and the third party Part 20 defendants made common cause as to joinder.
- A similar approach may be detected when the late joinder of a party involves the other party in consequential additional expense.
Origin
Late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, from Old French joindre 'to join'.