joinder

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: join=der

CIDE DICTIONARY

joinder, n. [F. joindre. See Join, v. t.].

•  The act of joining; a putting together; conjunction.  [1913 Webster]

  "Confirmed by mutual joinder of your hands."  [1913 Webster]
•  A joining of parties as plaintiffs or defendants in a suit.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

joinder, n. Law the act of bringing together.

Etymology

AF f. OF joindre to join

ROGET THESAURUS

joinder

Junction

N junction, joining, joinder, union connection, conjunction, conjugation, annexion, annexation, annexment, astriction, attachment, compagination, vincture, ligation, alligation, accouplement, marriage infibulation, inosculation, symphysis, anastomosis, confluence, communication, concatenation, meeting, reunion, assemblage, coition, copulation, sex, sexual congress, sexual conjunction, sexual intercourse, love-making, joint, joining, juncture, pivot, hinge, articulation, commissure, seam, gore, gusset, suture, stitch, link, miter mortise, closeness, tightness coherence, combination, annexationist, joined, joint, conjoint, conjunct, corporate, compact, hand in hand, firm, fast, close, tight, taut, taught, secure, set, intervolved, inseparable, indissoluble, insecable, severable, jointly, in conjunction with, fast, firmly intimately, tria juncta in uno.