joint tort tortfeasors

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• joint tort-feasors — Term refers to two or more persons jointly or severally liable in tort for the same injury to person or property. American Tobacco Co. v. Transport Corp., D.C.Va., 277 F.Supp. 457, 461. hose persons who have acted in concert in their tortious… …   Black's law dictionary

• joint tort-feasors — Term refers to two or more persons jointly or severally liable in tort for the same injury to person or property. American Tobacco Co. v. Transport Corp., D.C.Va., 277 F.Supp. 457, 461. hose persons who have acted in concert in their tortious… …   Black's law dictionary

• joint tort — See joint tortfeasors …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• joint — United; combined; undivided; done by or against two or more unitedly; shared by or between two or more; coupled together in interest or liability. The term is used to express a common property interest enjoyed or a common liability incurred by… …   Black's law dictionary

• joint — United; combined; undivided; done by or against two or more unitedly; shared by or between two or more; coupled together in interest or liability. The term is used to express a common property interest enjoyed or a common liability incurred by… …   Black's law dictionary

• joint 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 …   Law dictionary

• joint tortfeasors — Two or more persons who unite in committing a tort, or whose acts concur in contributing to and producing a single indivisible injury upon a third person. 52 Am J1st Torts §§ 110 et seq. Two or more persons jointly or severally liable in tort for …   Ballentine's 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

• Tort — law Part of t …   Wikipedia

• joint tortfeasor — noun 1. : one of two or more persons acting in concert in the commission of a tort 2. a. : one of two or more persons who may be joined as defendants in the same single cause of action to recover damage for a tort b. : one of two or more persons… …   Useful english dictionary

• European Centre of Tort and Insurance Law — Since November 2000 the European Centre of Tort and Insurance Law (ECTIL), based in Vienna, has been an association whose purpose is *to conduct legal and comparative research in the field of national, international and common European tort and… …   Wikipedia