joint obligation (responsibility)

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• obligation — ob·li·ga·tion /ˌä blə gā shən/ n 1: a promise, acknowledgment, or agreement (as a contract) that binds one to a specific performance (as payment); also: the binding power of such an agreement or indication held that the amendment did not… …   Law dictionary

• joint 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 …   Law dictionary

• Joint and several liability — Where two or more persons are liable in respect of the same liability, in most common law legal systems they may either be:* jointly liable, or * severally liable, or * jointly and severally liable.Joint liabilityIf parties have joint liability,… …   Wikipedia

• responsibility — noun 1 being responsible ADJECTIVE ▪ complete, full, total ▪ awesome, big, enormous, grave, great, heavy …   Collocations dictionary

• joint contract — A contract under which an obligation is incurred by or a right given to two or more persons, there being absent any distinct word of severance indicating or producing a several responsibility or right. Dean v Dean, 229 SC 430, 93 SE2d 206. See… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• Franklin D. Roosevelt: Call for Federal Responsibility — ▪ Primary Source               What do the people of America want more than anything else? Franklin D. Roosevelt asked in his unprecedented speech before the Democratic Convention in Chicago that had just nominated him the presidential candidate …   Universalium

• liability — The word is a broad legal term. Mayfield v. First Nat. Bank of Chattanooga, Tenn., C.C.A.Tenn., 137 F.2d 1013, 1019. It has been referred to as of the most comprehensive significance, including almost every character of hazard or responsibility,… …   Black's law dictionary

• liability — The word is a broad legal term. Mayfield v. First Nat. Bank of Chattanooga, Tenn., C.C.A.Tenn., 137 F.2d 1013, 1019. It has been referred to as of the most comprehensive significance, including almost every character of hazard or responsibility,… …   Black's law dictionary

• liability — li·a·bil·i·ty /ˌlī ə bi lə tē/ n pl ties 1: the quality or state of being liable 2: something for which one is liable: as a: a financial obligation: debt tax liability the bonds …   Law dictionary

• china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material …   Universalium

• China — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. People s Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,221,591,778; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Cap.: Beijing. 2. Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast …   Universalium