Merger doctrine (civil procedure)

The merger doctrine in civil procedure stands for the proposition that when litigants agree to a settlement, and then seek to have their settlement incorporated into a court order, the court order actually extinguishes the settlement and replaces it with the authority of the court to supervise the behavior of the parties.[1] Under this doctrine, the court is free to modify its order as necessary to achieve justice in the case, and may hold a party that breaches the agreement in contempt of court. In U.S criminal law, merger doctrine holds that if a defendant has committed acts that simultaneously meet the elements of a more serious and less serious offense, the defendant may be charged with the more serious offense and the lesser offense drops in order to avoid implicating double jeopardy.[2]

## References

1. ↑ Ginsberg, Edwin M. (1992). "The Doctrine of Merger With Respect to Real Estate Transactions: Taking the Bull by the Horns". Nova Law Review 16 (3): 37.
2. ↑ "Merger Doctrine". Cornell Law School. https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/merger_doctrine.

## See also

* Merger doctrine (family law)
* Merger doctrine (property law)
* Merger doctrine (trust law)

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