mis-joinder

Legal Definition of mis-joinder

Noun

1. When a person has been named as a party to a lawsuit when that person should not have been added. When this is asserted, a court will usually accommodate a request to amend the court documents to strike, or substitute for, the name of the mis-joined party.

Alternative forms

• misjoinder

Related terms

• non-joinder
• nonjoinder
• joinder