1) Legal procedure
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n. the inclusion of parties (plaintiffs or defendants) or causes of action (legal claims) in a single lawsuit contrary to statute. Reasons for a court ruling that there is misjoinder include: a) the parties do not have the same rights to a judgment; b) they have conflicting interests; c) the situations in each claim (cause of action) are different ...
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In legal procedure (both civil and criminal), misjoinder refers to a wrongful joinder. Misjoinder of causes of action, or counts, consists in joining several demands to enforce substantive rights of recovery that are distinct and contradictory. Misjoinder of parties consists in joining as plaintiffs or defendants persons who have conflicting inter...
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• (n.) An incorrect union of parties or of causes of action in a procedure, criminal or civil.
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(n) Misjoinder is the combining of various parties with diversified interest, causes with unrelated actions, agreements and contracts that are unrelated etc into a single law suit. A misjoinder is against the statute but resorted when defendants are involved in multiple allegation to show the gravity of their actions.
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Mis·join'der noun (Law) An incorrect union of parties or of causes of action in a procedure, criminal or civil.
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Misjoinder of causes of action, or counts, consists in joining, in different counts in one declaration, several demands, which the law does not permit to be joined, to enforce several distinct, substantive rights of recovery; as, where a declaration joins a count in trespass with another in case, for distinct wrongs or a count in tort, with another...
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The improper inclusion of parties (plaintiffs or defendants) or causes of action (legal claims) in a single lawsuit. (See also: joinder)
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