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.] [Blacks Law 8th]