Granting Parties Order

Complaint. A lawsuit begins when a plaintiff (the party suing) files a complaint against a defendant (the party being sued.) Answer. The answer is the defendant's written response to the plaintiff's complaint. Counterclaim. Cross-claim. Amended Pleadings.

Joinder of Causes of Action: A plaintiff may unite in the same suit several causes of action against the same defendant, or the same defendants jointly; and any plaintiffs having cause of action in which they are jointly interested against the same defendant, or the same defendants jointly may unite such causes of

In law, a joinder is the joining of two or more legal issues together. Procedurally, a joinder allows multiple issues to be heard in one hearing or trial and is done when the issues or parties involved overlap sufficiently to make the process more efficient or more fair.

A pleading demands that the other party do something, while a motion requests that the judge in the case do something. These documents can be filed with the court before, during, or after the trial, though pleadings are typically filed at or near a case's outset.

21 provides that misjoinder of parties is not ground for dismissal of an action, and that parties may be dropped or added by court order on motion of any party or of the court's own initiative at any stage in the action and on such terms as are just.

Joinder of issue, is a point in a lawsuit when the defendant has challenged some or all of the plaintiff's allegations of fact or when it is known which legal questions are in dispute--in other words, when both parties are accepting that the particular issue is in dispute the "issue is joined." Usually this point

Effect of a Rule 12 Motion - Absent a court order setting a different time, a Rule 12 motion extends the time to file a responsive pleading until 14 days after the court's denial of the motion or deferral to trial or, if more definite statement ordered, 14 days after service of the more definite statement. FED.

A Motion for Joinder is a request made to the court by which a party is asking that a person or entity be brought before the Family Law Court and made to comply with its orders.

Joinder. Joinder is a process by which parties and claims are added to an ongoing lawsuit. The typical litigation scenario begins with a plaintiff who enters into a lawsuit by suing a defendant. The plaintiff has a claim against the defendant for which he or she seeks some type of relief.