1. The act of joining; a putting together; conjunction.

Confirmed by mutual joinder of your hands.

Shak.

2. (Law) (a) A joining of parties as plaintiffs or defendants in a

suit. (b) Acceptance of an issue tendered in law or fact. (c) A joining

of causes of action or defense in civil suits or criminal prosecutions.

Join"er, n. 1. One who, or that which, joins.

2. One whose occupation is to construct articles by joining pieces of

wood; a mechanic who does the woodwork (as doors, stairs, etc.)

necessary for the finishing of buildings. "One Snug, the joiner." Shak.

3. A wood-working machine, for sawing, plaining, mortising, tenoning,

grooving, etc.

Syn. -- See Carpenter.

Join"er*y (?), n. The art, or trade, of a joiner; the work of a joiner.

A piece of joinery . . . whimsically dovetailed.

Burke.

Join"hand` (?), n. Writing in which letters are joined in words; --

distinguished from writing in single letters. Addison.

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