☩ SOTERIAN GLOSSARY ☩

Living Language Lexicon of the Soteria Covenant

Joint and Several Liability Reform

Legislative modifications to the common law rule that each defendant in a multi-party tort action is individually liable for the entire amount of damages, regardless of their proportional share of fault.

Etymology: Old French 'joint' (joined) + Latin 'severalis' (separate) + 'reformare' · Category: Tort Reform · Source: Uniform Apportionment of Tort Responsibility Act (2002)
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