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joint account definition - legal

n

A bank account in the name of two or more individuals, each of whom has an undivided right to the entire balance.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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