Nonjoinder
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Stimson (1881)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Omission of a necessary or proper party. See "Joinder."
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
The failure to include therein necessary parties to an action.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
The omission to join some person as party to a suit, whether as plaintiff or defendant, who ought to have been so joined, according to the rules of pleading and practice.
Defined under Joinder in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
Omission to join one or more persons as parties plaintiff or defendant
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
A failure to join in an action all the necessary parties. A plea in abatement on that ground.