joinder
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- noun
- /ˈdʒɔɪndər/
- Formal
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- In my view, the Court would be well within its power to direct the Plaintiffs to show cause why they have not violated Rule 11(b) with their allegations respecting joinder.
Examples
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However, all pleadings in those cases are subject to the laws of joinder and severance.
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They would do this by going into the "Mass Joinder Lawsuit" business.
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The first mass joinder lawsuit that would rise up out of the Great Mortgage Crisis.
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Mass joinder lawsuits are for individual plaintiffs jointly using the same legal arguments and applying them to their unique and individual situations.
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"Since plaintiffs have pleaded colorable state law claims against McKesson, there is no fraudulent joinder, and McKesson remains a defendant," the decision concludes.
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One judge in CA remarked in a decision, in Ronald v. BOA, a mass joinder case, that his consideration was that a ruling in favor of the plaintiff could likely result in a crash of the US banking system, including the Federal Reserve.
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Finding the proposed regime to be contrary to the joinder and impleader provisions of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Senators Thurmond, Simpson, Hatch, and Specter lectured the government's witnesses at length.
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In this case, the judge announced the joinder of all relevant parties to ensure a fair trial.
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The legal team prepared a motion for the joinder of claims from multiple plaintiffs in the same lawsuit.
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During the proceedings, the attorney emphasized the importance of joinder for the efficiency of the legal process.
Synonyms
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An act of bringing two people or things together to connect them
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Etymology
Joinder comes from the same root as join, and from the Latin jungere 'to join'. So, a joinder is a joining of people or claims, which is why courts use it to combine cases or parties.