duplicitous

duplicitous
/d(y)uwplisatas/ A pleading which joins in one and the same count different grounds of action of different nature, or of the same nature, to enforce a single right to recovery, or which is based on different theories of the defendant's liability. Such duplicity was not permitted in common law pleading, but is allowed under Rule of Civil Procedure 8(e). In an information, the joinder of separate and distinct offenses in one and the same count.State v. Seward, 163 Kan. 136, 181 P.2d 478, 480.
See e.g. Fed.R.Crim.P. 8(a).
See also duplicity

Black's law dictionary. . 1990.

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