join issue

Definitions

1. 1

   Of two people, to argue with one another.

2. 2

   Of two parties to a legal proceeding, to agree to argue about a particular legal claim.

   • [W]ith Rejoinders and Replies, / Long Bills, and Anſvvers, ſtuft vvith Lies, / Demurr, Imparlance, and Eſſoign, / The Parties ne'er could Iſſue join: / For Sixteen Years the Cauſe vvas ſpun, / And then ſtood vvhere it firſt begun.

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