Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

joint and several liability

Danish translation:

solidarisk hæftelse

May 21, 2009 12:56
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English term

joint and several liability

GBK English to Danish Law/Patents Law (general)
Definition from www.businessballs.com:
Where parties act together in a contract as partners they have joint and several liability. In addition to all the partners being responsible together, each partner is also liable individually for the entire contract - so a creditor could recover a whole debt from any one of them individually, leaving that person to recover their shares from the rest of the partners.
Example sentences:
It has become apparent in our industrialized society that this doctrine [the common law doctrine of joint and several liability] has produced inequitable and unfair results that have had a detrimental impact on businesses. (www.pointoflaw.com)
Judgment against a teaching hospital in a medical malpractice suit shall be based on the percentage of fault and not Joint and Several Liability. (www.subrogation.net)
Joint and several liability can also apply to rent arrears on joint tenancies, arrears on joint mortgages, Council Tax payments and water charges on properties that have been jointly occupied. (Payplan Ltd. )
Proposed translations (Danish)
4 +2 solidarisk hæftelse
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solidarisk hæftelse

Definition from Den Store Danske:
juridisk betegnelse for, at flere debitorer i samme skyldforhold hæfter "en for alle og alle for en", således at kreditor kan henvende sig til hver enkelt skyldner med sit fulde krav, indtil det er betalt.
Example sentences:
Denne meddelelse beskriver reglerne for solidarisk hæftelse, når SKAT har ladet kravet mod én af de solidarisk hæftende restanter forælde, har eftergivet kravet eller denne restant har opnået gældssanering. (SKAT)
Du har ingen mulighed for at slippe fri af en solidarisk hæftelse, fordi dine private forudsætninger ændrer sig, fx fordi dit forhold går i opløsning og I flytter hver til sit. (FamilieAdvokaten.dk)
Princippet om solidarisk hæftelse fremgår af Gældsbrevslovens §2, stk. 1: Når et gældsbrev er udstedt af flere, er udstederne forpligtet een for alle og alle for een, medmindre andet er aftalt. (Retssal.dk)
Peer comment(s):

agree WordNerds : Definition from Jurdisk Ordbog by Bo von Eyben: Det forhold, at flere hæfter for samme skyld, således at hver enkelt er forpligtet til at erlægge hele ydelsen, og således at den enes erlæggelse frigør de andre.
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agree Jakob Boller
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