Joint

Butting joint

A joint between two pieces of timber or wood at the end of one or both and either at right angles or oblique to the grain as the joints which the struts and braces form with the truss posts sometimes called abutting joint...

joint tortfeasor

joint tortfeasor : any of two or more parties held jointly or severally liable for the same tort see also contribution joint liability at liability ...

joint tenant

joint tenant : one who holds an estate by or in joint tenancy ...

joint life and survivorship annuity

joint life and survivorship annuity : joint-and-survivor annuity at annuity ...

joint enterprise

joint enterprise 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) NOTE: In regard to a tort involving such an enterprise, a third party may impute negligence of one party (as a driver) to another in the enterprise. ...

joint annuity

joint annuity : joint life annuity at annuity ...

joint and survivorship annuity

joint and survivorship annuity : joint-and-survivor annuity at annuity ...

joint and reciprocal will

joint and reciprocal will : joint and mutual will at will ...

joint adventure

joint adventure : joint venture ...

joint 1 : common to two or more: as a : involving the combined activity or negligence of two or more [a tort] see also joint tortfeasor compare several b : shared by or affecting two or more as a unit [a account] 2 : united, joined, or sharing with another (as in a right or status) [ heirs] ...

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