joinder of counts

joinder of counts
The inclusion in a complaint, declaration, or petition, of two or more counts intended to present separate causes of action or to plead the same count in different ways in order to meet any possible phase of the evidence. 41 Am J1st Pl § 106. The joinder of distinct offenses by including separate counts in an indictment or information, each count being in legal effect a separate indictment or information. 27 Am J1st Indict § 129.

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