joinder
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Substantivisation of the Old French verb joindre (“to join”), from Latin iungō (“join”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ɔɪndə(ɹ)
Noun[edit]
joinder (plural joinders)
- (law) The joining of a litigant to a suit.
- The act of joining; a putting together; conjunction.
- c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
- A contract of eternal bond of love, Confirm'd by mutuall ioynder of your hands.
Usage notes[edit]
- A litigant is joined by a "notice of joinder". The substantive application is an "application for joinder".
Translations[edit]
(law) the joining of a litigant to a suit
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