join issue
English
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editjoin issue (third-person singular simple present joins issue, present participle joining issue, simple past and past participle joined issue)
- (of two people) To argue with one another.
- (law) (of two parties to a legal proceeding) To agree to argue about a particular legal claim.
- 2021, Warner Chappell Music, Inc. v. Nealy (U.S. Supreme Court No. 19-292), Justice Gorsuch dissenting:
- In one sense, the Court’s decision to pass over this complication may be understandable. After all, none of the parties before us questioned the application of a discovery rule in proceedings below, but joined issue only over how it should work.
- 2021, Warner Chappell Music, Inc. v. Nealy (U.S. Supreme Court No. 19-292), Justice Gorsuch dissenting: