JOINT AND SEVERAL

joint and several,adj. (Of liability, responsibility, etc.) apportionable either among two or more parties or to only one or a few select members of the group, at the adversary’s discretion; together and in separation. [Cases: Contracts 181; Torts 22. C.J.S. Contracts §§ 366, 371; Torts §§ 39–44.]

[Blacks Law 8th]