joint and several contract
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A contract with two or more contracting parties on one side, presenting distinct engagements and rights, each contractor being liable and entitled individually and the two or more of them being liable and entitled jointly. 17 Am J2d Contr § 298.
The use of the pronoun "we" usually creates a joint obligation, although despite the use of that word, the language of some contracts permits of a construction that the parties were intended to be bound severally as well as jointly. If an instrument worded in the singular is executed by several parties, the obligation is a joint and several one. 17 Am J2d Contr § 298.
Ballentine's law dictionary.
Anderson, W.S..
1998.
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