Several Actions
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Separate actions, the opposite of "joint actions," in which the plaintiffs combine their causes. See "Joinder of Actions."
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Distinguished from joint, actions.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Where a separate and distinct action is brought against each of two or more persons who are nil liable to the plaintiff in respect to the same subject-matter, the actions are said to be "several." If all the persons are joined as defendants in one and the same action, it is called a "joint" action.
Defined under Several in Black's Law Dictionary.