Meaning of join issue | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Of two people, to argue with one another.
   UK, idiomatic
2. Of two parties to a legal proceeding, to agree to argue about a particular legal claim.
   UK

Examples

“[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.”

“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⟳.”

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