Legal Glossary
- JOINT AND SEVERAL
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Shared group rights and liabilities for which also applies to each individual within the group
- JOINT LIABILITY
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When liability is shared amongst a group, one person in the group can require the other be added to a suit to share in any responsibility
- JOINT VENTURE
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All partners share profits, losses and control of the business
- JUDGE-MADE LAW
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Law derived from judicial rulings rather than by legislature
- JUDGMENT
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A judgment or opinion issued by a court to conclude a legal issue and declare a winning and losing party
Synonyms: DECISION; DECREE - JUDGMENT PROOF
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An inability of a person to pay damages from a judgment
- JURISDICTION
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A court’s authority to hear and decide a case which may derive from the subject-matter of a case or geography; other additional requirements may need to be met for a court to have the requisite authority
- JUSTICIABLE
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An actual case or controversy which can be decided by a court; there must be an issue that the court can resolve