Nonjoinder definition
(law) Failure to include some person in a suit, when such person should have been included either as a plaintiff or defendant.
noun
Failure to name as a party one that legally should have been named, as in a lawsuit.
noun
Failure to include as part of a cause of action or suit a claim that legally should have been made.
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun
Singular:
nonjoinder
Plural:
nonjoindersOrigin of nonjoinder
- non- +"Ž joinder
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