joint dictionary
1joint — adj 1: common to two or more: as a: involving the combined activity or negligence of two or more a joint tort see also joint tortfeasor compare several b …
2joint venture — joint ven·ture / ven chər/ n 1: a cooperative business agreement or partnership between two or more parties that is usu. limited to a single enterprise and that involves the sharing of resources, control, profits, and losses compare combination 2 …
3joint tenancy — see tenancy Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. joint tenancy …
4joint and several liability — see liability 2b Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. joint and several liability …
5joint and several — joint and sev·er·al adj: relating or belonging to two or more parties together and separately joint and several duties of the partners see also joint and several liability at liability 2b compare in sol …
6joint enterprise — n 1: joint venture 2: an undertaking of two or more parties for a common purpose in which each shares a common interest and an equal right of control (as of a vehicle) ◇ In regard to a tort involving such an enterprise, a third party may impute… …
7joint liability — see liability 2b Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. joint liability …
8joint tortfeasors — two or more persons responsible for a tort. Courts have power to allocate responsibility among the joint tortfeasors, but each is wholly and severally liable to the victim. Collins dictionary of law. W. J. Stewart. 2001. joint tortfeasors …
9joint custody — see custody b Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. joint custody …
10joint adventure — joint ad·ven·ture n: joint venture Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. joint adventure …
