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nonjoinder

noun/nɒnˈdʒɔɪndə/

C2CEFR level
90/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

The failure to join a party who ought to have been included in the proceedings.

The action was stayed for nonjoinder of a co-owner whose interest could not be determined in his absence.

Topic: Evidence & procedure in Legal English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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