common character requirement

common-character requirement. The rule that for a group of persons to qualify as a class in a class-action lawsuit, the appointment of the class must achieve economies of time, effort, and expense, and must promote uniformity of decision for persons similarly situated, in addition to sharing common questions of fact and law. Cf. COMMONALITY TEST. [Cases: Parties 35.17. C.J.S. Parties §§ 31, 34.]

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