joint enterprise

joint enterprise definition - legal

n

  1. In criminal law, a conspiracy or cooperation of two or more individuals to commit a crime.
  2. In tort law, a business enterprise conducted by several individuals, who each share in the liability arising from their activities.

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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