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In old English practice. A divided game, risk, or hazard. An arrangement which the parties to a suit were anciently sometimes allowed to make by mutual agreement upon a certain hazard, as that one should lose if the case turned out in a certain way, and, if it did not, that the other should gain. Bract fols. 211b, 379b, 432, 434, 200b. … [Read more...] about JOCUS PARTITUS

Two or more persons or parties who are jointly entitled to the satisfaction and payment of the same debt. … [Read more...] about JOINT CREDITORS

The name which was usually given to the fictitious lessee of the plaintiff in the mixed action of ejectment He was sometimes called "Goodtitle." So the Romans had their fictitious personages in law proceedings, as Titlus, Seiue. … [Read more...] about JOHN DOE

Shared custody of a child by both parents. This can translate to joint legal custody (making decisions) and joint physical custody (actual physical custody of the child in that parent's home.) … [Read more...] about JOINT CUSTODY

A summons where the defendants are unknown at the time of the filing and issuance of the summons and which names shall be later determined and substituted in its place. The names of the defendants are listed as John Doe or Jane Doe. … [Read more...] about JOHN DOE SUMMONS