JDA - see Joint Defense Agreement. Joint tenancy - refers to ownership of land by two or more persons, which ownership meets all the following requirements:
Joint Work - refers to a work prepared by two or more authors with the intention that their contributions be merged into inseparable or interdependent parts of a unitary whole. JPO - see Joint Protective Order. Jt. Stip. - see Joint Stipulation. Jure uxoris - Means "in the right of a wife." Juristic Person - refers to and includes a firm, corporation, union, association, or other organization capable of suing and being sued in a court of law. Jus tertii - refers to the right of a third person. The term is used to denote certain pleas that are not available as defenses. E.g., it is not open to one sued for trespass to land to allege that the plaintiff is not the true owner but that a third person is unless the trespasser is claiming right under such third person. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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