multifariousness

multifariousness
The joining or uniting in a declaration, bill, or complaint of two or more matters which are independent of, or unconnected with, one another. Roney v Chicago Title & Trust Co. 354 Ill 144, 188 NE 194. A term loosely applied to the joinder as defendants or plaintiffs of persons without a common interest in the litigation. Essen v Adams, 342 Mo 1196, 119 SW2d 773, 118 ALR 1393. The joining in a statute of dissimilar and discordant subjects. Boise City v Baxter, 41 Idaho 368, 238 P 1033.

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