{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015:article:39","workId":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015:en","title":"Multiplicity of Defendants","number":"39","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/39/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK II — CIVIL PROCEDURE IN GENERAL","title":"TITLE I — JURISDICTION","chapter":"Chapter 1. — International Jurisdiction"},"paragraphs":[{"id":"lead","number":"","text":"An Eritrean court with jurisdiction based upon one of the preceding articles of this Chapter shall also have jurisdiction over any co-defendant if the connection between the several claims at the time they are instituted is sufficiently close that justice requires a joint trial.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/39/#lead","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":45,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/45/?article=39&paragraph=lead#article-39-lead"}]}],"caution":"This is the English-language edition published in 2015 and attributed in its front matter to the Ministry of Justice. Refworld labels it an unofficial translation. Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation, later changes, or whether the text is currently in force."}