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  2. Joint and several liability - Wikipedia

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    Under joint and several liability or (in the U.S.) all sums, a plaintiff (claimant) is entitled to claim an obligation incurred by any of the promisors from all of them jointly and also from each of them individually. Thus the plaintiff has more than one cause of action: if she pursues one promisor and he fails to pay the sum due, her action is ...

  3. Solidary obligations - Wikipedia

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    A solidary obligation, or an obligation in solidum, is a type of obligation in the civil law jurisprudence that allows either obligors to be bound together, each liable for the whole performance, or obligees to be bound together, all owed just a single performance and each entitled to the entirety of it. In general, solidarity of an obligation ...

  4. Philippine legal codes - Wikipedia

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    Since 1946, the laws passed by the Congress, including legal codes, have been titled Republic Acts. [b] While Philippine legal codes are, strictly speaking, also Republic Acts, they may be differentiated in that the former represents a more comprehensive effort in embodying all aspects of a general area of law into just one legislative act.

  5. Comparative responsibility - Wikipedia

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    The law and academia on this issue is very complex, but typically support holding intentional tortfeasors in a suit subject to joint and several liability. Further, any negligent tortfeasor who negligently failed to protect the plaintiff from the intentional tortfeasor will be jointly and severally liable for the portion of the intentional ...

  6. Partnership - Wikipedia

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    The general partnership, in which all partners manage the business and are personally liable for its debts, developed under common law. General partners have an obligation of strict liability to third parties injured by the Partnership. General partners may have joint liability or joint and several liability depending upon circumstances.

  7. List of Latin legal terms - Wikipedia

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    Jointly and severally; short for singuli et in solidum. Where a group of persons share liability for a debt, such as co-signers to a loan, the debtor can sue a single party in solidum, that is jointly and severally, to recover the entire amount owed. inaedificatio: building Attachment of movables to land, accession by building inaudita altera parte

  8. List of Philippine laws - Wikipedia

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    Amending the Family Code of the Philippines or EO 209: Establishing a Liability of the Absolute Community or Conjugal Partnership 2013-05-24: 10573: Declaring a National Historical Landmark 2013-05-24: 10574: Amending the Rural Bank Act of 1992 or RA 7353: Allowing Infusion of Foreign Equity 2013-05-24: 10575: Bureau of Corrections Act of 2013 ...

  9. List of Philippine legal terms - Wikipedia

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    nationwide law Tagalog Abbreviation for Batas Pambansa, the name for laws passed by the defunct unicameral Batasang Pambansa. C.A. N/A: English Abbreviation for either Commonwealth Act and Court of Appeals, depending on context. destierro: exile Spanish See Revised Penal Code § Penalties. eCourt N/A: English