joinder

[ join-der ]

/ ˈdʒɔɪn dər /

the act of joining.

Law.

Origin of joinder

From the French word joindre, dating back to 1595–1605. See join, -er³

Joinder of causes of action is the uniting in the same action several causes of action.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 4 |Various
The wife can not transfer her real or personal property without the husband's joinder.

The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV |Various
The joinder of times is given to those who succeed to the place of another.

The Common Law |Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
And so, in the Vitae sanctorum, the joinder of suggestion and the will to believe literally worked marvels.

The Mediaeval Mind (Volume I of II) |Henry Osborn Taylor

Darwin has heretofore anticipated nothing but a joinder of issue upon facts.

The Catholic World, Vol. X, October 1869 |Various

joinder

/ (ˈdʒɔɪndə) /

the act of joining, esp in legal contexts

law

(in pleading) the stage at which the parties join issue (joinder of issue)
the joining of two or more persons as coplaintiffs or codefendants (joinder of parties)
the joining of two or more causes in one suit

C17: from French joindre to join