[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

joint \joint\ joint, a. f., p. p. of joindre. see join.
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   1. joined; united; combined; concerted; as, joint action.
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   2. involving the united activity of two or more; done or
      produced by two or more working together.
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            i read this joint effusion twice over. --t. hook.
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   3. united, joined, or sharing with another or with others;
      not solitary in interest or action; holding in common with
      an associate, or with associates; acting together; as,
      joint heir; joint creditor; a joint bank account; joint
      debtor, etc. "joint tenants of the world." --donne.
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   4. shared by, or affecting two or more; held in common; as,
      joint property; a joint bond.
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            a joint burden laid upon us all.      --shak.
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   joint committee parliamentary practice, a committee
      composed of members of the two houses of a legislative
      body, for the appointment of which concurrent resolutions
      of the two houses are necessary. --cushing.

   joint meeting, or joint session, the meeting or session
      of two distinct bodies as one; as, a joint meeting of
      committees representing different corporations; a joint
      session of both branches of a state legislature to chose a
      united states senator. "such joint meeting shall not be
      dissolved until the electoral votes are all counted and
      the result declared." --joint rules of congress, u. s.

   joint resolution parliamentary practice, a resolution
      adopted concurrently by the two branches of a legislative
      body. "by the constitution of the united states and the
      rules of the two houses, no absolute distinction is made
      between bills and joint resolutions." --barclay digest.

   joint rule parliamentary practice, a rule of proceeding
      adopted by the concurrent action of both branches of a
      legislative assembly. "resolved, by the house of
      representatives the senate concurring, that the
      sixteenth and seventeenth joint rules be suspended for the
      remainder of the session." --journal h. of r., u. s.

   joint and several law, a phrase signifying that the debt,
      credit, obligation, etc., to which it is applied is held
      in such a way that the parties in interest are engaged
      both together and individually thus a joint and several
      debt is one for which all the debtors may be sued together
      or either of them individually; used especially in the
      phrase joint and several liability.

   joint stock, stock held in company.

   joint-stock company law, a species of partnership,
      consisting generally of a large number of members, having
      a capital divided, or agreed to be divided, into shares,
      the shares owned by any member being usually transferable
      without the consent of the rest.

   joint tenancy law, a tenure by two or more persons of
      estate by unity of interest, title, time, and possession,
      under which the survivor takes the whole. --blackstone.

   joint tenant law, one who holds an estate by joint
      tenancy. contrassted with tenant in common.
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see also:
join joint committee joint meeting joint session joint resolution joint rule 
joint and several joint stock joint-stock company joint tenancy joint tenant 
tenant in common 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

joint-stock company
     n : a company usually unincorporated which has the capital of
         its members pooled in a common fund; transferable shares
         represent ownership interest; shareholders are legally
         liable for all debts of the company

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