Consolidation Rule

In practice. An order of the court requiring the plaintiff to join in one suit several causes of action against the same defendant which may be so joined consistently with the rules of pleading, but upon which he has brought distinct suits. 1 Dall. (Pa.) 147; 1 Yeates (Pa.) 5; 4 Yeates (Pa.) 128; 8 Serg. & R. (Pa.) 264; 2 Arch. Prac. 180. The matter is regulated by statute in many of the states.

An order of the court requiring the plaintiff to join in one suit several causes of action against the same defendant which may be so joined consistently with the rules of pleading, but upon which he has brought distinct suits. Brown v. Scott, 1 Dall. (Pa.) 147, 1 L. Ed. 74; Groff v. Musser, 3 S. & R. (Pa.) 264; 2 Archb. Pr.

In practice. A rule or order of court requiring a plaintiff who has instituted separate suits upon several claims against the same defendant, to consolidate them in one action, where that can be done consistently with the rules of pleading.

Defined under Consolidation in Black's Law Dictionary.

In practice. Arule or order of court requiring a plaintiff who has instituted separate suits pon several claims against the same defendant, to consolidate them in one action, where that can be done consistently with the rules of pleading.

A rule for uniting several actions brought by the same parties on the same cause, whereby the parties are bound in all the actions according to the verdict in one. Consortium I. A union

In practice. A rule made, on application of the defendants, and with the consent of the plaintiff, where several actions are brought on the same policy of insurance, by which the plaintiff's proceedings are stayed in all the actions except one, upon the defendants' undertaking to be bound by the verdict in that action, and to pay the amount of their several subscriptions and costs, in case a verdict shall be given therein for the plaintiff. I Tidd's Pr, 614, Ckitt, Arch, Pr, 966.

oleate com. law. When a nume r of actions are brought on the same policy, it is the constant praccourt or a judge’s order, which restrains the plaintiff from proceeding to trial in more than one, and binds the defendants in all the others to abide the event of that one; but this 1s done upon condition that the defendant shall not file any bill in equity, or bring any writ of error for delay. 2 Marsh. Ins. 701. For the history of this rule, vide Park on Ins. xlix.; Marsh. Inst. B. 1, c. 16, s. 4. And sel John. Cas. 29. The term consolidation seems to be rather misapplied in those cases, for in point of fact there is a mere stay of proceedings in all those cases but one, 3 Chit. Pr. 644. The rule is now extended to other cases: when several actions are brought on the same bond against several obligors, an order for a stay of proceedings in all but one will be made. 3 Chit. Pr. 645; 3 Carr. & P. 58.