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The Mosby Medical Encyclopedia 10-01-1996 joint and several liability, (in law) a state in which several persons share the liability for a plaintiff's injury and may be found liable individually or as a group. The ideas, procedures and suggestions contained in this encyclopedia are not intended as ...
October 1, 1996; The Mosby Medical Encyclopedia

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