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  • Joint Liability 

    Joint Liability in Admiralty Law For information on joint liability in this context, see the entry on joint liability in the maritime law encyclopedia.

  • Joint Liability 

    Joint Liability in Admiralty Law For information on joint liability in this context, see the entry on joint liability in the maritime law encyclopedia.

  • Joint Liability

    Joint Liability in Maritime Law Note: There is more information on maritime/admiralty law here.The following is a definition of Joint Liability, produced by Tetley, in the context of admiralty law: Two or more debtors who are obligated to the same creditor for the same obligation are […]

  • Joint and Several Liability

    Joint and several liability English Spanish Translation of Joint and several liability Responsabilidad solidariaFind other English to Spanish translations from the Pocket Spanish English Legal Dictionary (print and online), the English to Spanish to English dictionaries […]

  • Joint Note

    Concept of Joint Note in the context of Real Property A short definition of Joint Note: A promise to pay, executed by two or more persons, each having equal liability. See also: Surety.

  • Joint

    United; combined; shared by or between two or more persons; coupled together interest or liability.

  • Joint and Several

    A liability is said to be joint and several when two or more persons bind themselves liable for the same debt, each being liable for the whole debt. A creditor must sue them all together if it is a join debt, for a release of one joint debtor from the debt may operate to release…

  • Joint Return Test

    United States Tax Concept of Joint Return Test One of the five tests a person must meet to qualify as your dependent. The person must not file a joint tax return with his or her spouse for the tax year in which you claim the person as a dependent to meet this test. This test…

  • Joint Enterprise

    An undertaking to carry out a small number of acts or objectives that is entered into by associates under such circumstances that all have an equal voice in directing the conduct of the enterprise. Its essential elements are: 1. an agreement, express or implied, among the group’s members; […]

  • Popular Definitions A-Z

    Popular Legal Definitions A-Z Welcome to the Legal Dictionary Browse thousands of legal terms and phrases selected by the Lawi Project editors and suggest new words for the largest law dictionary of the world. Dictionary Popular Legal Terms: A absolute divorce absolute estate accessory contract act actual damages actual fraud adjective law administrative law administrative…

  • Capacity to Exercise Rights

    Hierarchical Display of Capacity to exercise rights Law > Civil law > Civil law > Legal status > Legal capacity Meaning of Capacity to exercise rights Overview and more information about Capacity to exercise rights For a more comprehensive understanding of Capacity to exercise rights, see […]

  • Contract

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Contract Meaning of Contract A deliberate engagement between competent parties upon a legal consideration to do or abstain from doing some act. It is essential to the creation of a contract that the […]

  • Capacity to Have Rights and Obligations

    Hierarchical Display of Capacity to have rights and obligations Law > Civil law > Civil law > Legal status > Legal capacity Meaning of Capacity to have rights and obligations Overview and more information about Capacity to have rights and obligations For a more comprehensive understanding […]

  • Partnership

    Partnership

    The relation subsisting between two or more persons who have contracted together to share as common owners the profits of a business carried on by all or any of them on behalf of all of them, Shumaker, Partnership, 2. Elements : The essential elements of a partnership are (1) a contract […]

  • Legal Capacity

    Legal capacity in Law EnforcementMain Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of legal capacity.ResourcesSee AlsoLaw Enforcement Officer Police Work Law Enforcement Agency Further Reading legal capacity in A […]