Law failure to include some person in a suit, when such person should have been included either as a plaintiff or defendant
nonjoinder
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nonjoinder
noun
Law- Failure to name as a party one that legally should have been named, as in a lawsuit.
- Failure to include as part of a cause of action or suit a claim that legally should have been made.
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non- +"Ž joinder
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