circuity of action

A procedure allowing duplicative lawsuits, leading to unnecessarily lengthy and indirect liti-gation, as when a defendant fails to bring a counterclaim, but later brings a separate action to recover what could have been awarded in the original lawsuit.

• Civil-procedure rules have eliminated many problems associated with circuity of action. [Cases: Equity 52. C.J.S. Equity § 42.]

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