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joint and several

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A quick definition of joint and several:

Joint and several liability means that when two or more people cause harm to someone and it's hard to figure out who caused how much harm, all of them are responsible for the whole harm. This means that each person is fully responsible for the harm, even though they are all responsible for it together. For example, if a group of people caused a car accident and hurt someone, the injured person can ask any of them to pay for the whole harm. This rule also applies in places where the court decides how much each person is responsible for the harm. If one person pays more than their share, they can ask the others to help pay for it.

A more thorough explanation:

Joint and several liability is a legal term that means when two or more people or entities are responsible for causing harm to someone, they are all equally responsible for paying the damages. This means that each person or entity can be held responsible for the entire amount of damages, even if they were only partially responsible for causing the harm.

For example, if a group of friends are driving in a car and get into an accident that injures someone, all of the friends can be held jointly and severally liable for the damages. This means that the injured person can choose to sue any one of the friends for the entire amount of damages, and that friend would be responsible for paying the entire amount, even if they were not the one driving the car.

Another example of joint and several liability is when a construction company and an engineering firm work together on a project that causes damage to a neighboring property. Both the construction company and the engineering firm can be held jointly and severally liable for the damages, meaning that the property owner can choose to sue either one of them for the entire amount of damages.

Joint and several liability is often used in cases where it is difficult to determine exactly who was responsible for causing the harm, or when multiple parties were involved in causing the harm. It allows the injured party to recover damages from any one of the responsible parties, rather than having to pursue each party separately.

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No, I think what I will do is flip a coin: heds NKU, tails NEL|B what u guys think bout dat. Then once 1L - if good at LS, try to transfer, if bad at LS or one of my grandiose ideas/inventions are viable, drop out and pursue.
oh so you submitted the apps with a lower lsat and then retook
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Bettercaulsaul
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Most schools will hold your application for the next test score to be released into your account as well. I was notified by an admissions director that if a decision is processed they will not retroactively go back for the new score even if higher
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I vote NEL-Boston so we can be friends :D
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But it says you withdrew?? :(
ParallelAgreeableOrangutan
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@Bettercaulsaul: in my experience, there is often an option on the application for you to choose whether you'd like them to review your application as-is ASAP or hold it until your new score is released. but it probably varies by school—I just remember seeing that option on at least a few app forms
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While I am unsure of what option you are referring to, I personally just emailed each school and asked for them to hold my app pending my lsat score release.
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Sorry WNE = Western New England not NEL|B
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hey y'all so im gonna be honest im completely new to all this, i kinda bullshitted and took the LSAT and i have no clue what my odds are of getting into schools. 163 LSAT, 3.17 GPA, and a double major in undergrad i may write about in an addendum
Based on the list I see you made on your profile, you will need to make significant LSAT improvement for those schools to be contenders. Your primary focus should probably be working to get your LSAT practice tests up to a number you are happy with before you retest, and then test until you get a score you like. Don't rush an application cycle or apply late since those will hurt your odds of getting into your school as a splitter. Good luck!
oh that was literally just random stuff i dont know how this works
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im retaking in 4 days, and maybe again in august, and i was gonna apply to see what i got, and if i didnt like it i was going to wait till next cycle and work on improving my GPA
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