consolidate

consolidate, vb.

1. To combine or unify into one mass or body.

2. Civil procedure. To combine, through court order, two or more actions involving the same parties or issues into a single action ending in a single judgment or, sometimes, in separate judgments. [Cases: Action 54–59; Federal Civil Procedure

8. C.J.S. Actions §§ 204–219.]

3. Corporations. To unite (two or more corporations or other organizations) to create one new corpo-ration or other organization. [Cases: Corporations 581. C.J.S. Corporations §§ 792–797.]

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