Definition of "joinder" []

• The act of joining. (noun)
• Law A joining of causes of action or defense in a suit. (noun)
• Law A joining of parties in a suit. (noun)
• Law Formal acceptance of an issue offered. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "You may also be able to challenge the subpoena or the lawsuit on other grounds, including that it was improper to add you into the lawsuit with others (called "joinder"), or that the"
• "In other words, credit cards accepted-operators standing by. last we left this case, the Electronic Frontier Foundation and American Civil Liberties Union tried to convince a Washington DC District Court of the legal impropriety of using "joinder" in this instance-that is, the whole-hog suing of thousands of alleged "Far Cry" downloading Does who have no relationship to each other."
• "$1,500-$2,500 can avoid a threatened court case that would seek $150,000 in damages. just wasn't proper to sue thousands of people this way, because the people have no real connection to one another (a question of "joinder")."