Nonjoinder Definition

nŏn-joindər
noun
Failure to name as a party one that legally should have been named, as in a lawsuit.
American Heritage
Failure to include some person in a suit, when such person should have been included either as a plaintiff or defendant.
Webster's New World

(law) The omission of a party that was necessary to an action.

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Singular:
nonjoinder
Plural:
nonjoinders

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