uniting of parties to single case or litigation
Generally, a coupling or joining together, e.g., plaintiffs joining in a suit or a joining of actions or defense.
When several lawsuits or parties that all share the same legal issues and situation are joined together to form one lawsuit.
Uniting two or more elements into one, such as the joinder of parties as co-plaintiffs or co-defendants in a suit or as parties to an arbitration.
a case in which the litigants of one or both parties involve two or more people with common litigant objects or objects of the same type, and which a people's court deems appropriate to handle together after obtaining the litigants' consent
a legal procedure where multiple parties and/or claims are merged into one lawsuit
During the dissolution proceedings it is possible that the retirement plan was "joined" as a party in the dissolution. This is done to provide the retirement plan with notice tht there is a potential claim against the retirement funds by the Alternate Payee. If the Plan was joined there will be a filing with the court that is date stamped by the Court.
The inclusion of several clauses of action or of several parties in a single proceeding.
In pleadings of the nineteenth century, the addition of something, such as an additional issue or party. When used in the phrase “traverse and joinder” it usually means a denial of something the opposing party has alleged and the reaching of the central issue to be decided at trial.
Both spouses ask the court together to dissolve their marriage, divide the property and make arrangements for the children.
Generally, a bringing or joining together. For example, plaintiffs joining in a suit, or a joining of actions or defense.
Joining parties or claims in a suit.
A process for bringing other people into the lawsuit who were involved somehow in the events that led you to file your suit. For example, if you sue your employer and your employer believes someone else is partly responsible for what happened to you, your employer may try to join the other person. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 19, 20, 21.
Types of legal joinders where one or more parties may unite with or join other parties in a legal action even though the party may not be a direct part of the action. A third party has a supervisory interest in an action, but does not have a direct interest to the action.
A coupling or joining together of multiple causes or parties into a single suit.