JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY


Meaning of JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY in English

Under CERCLA, this legal concept relates to the liability for Superfund site cleanup and other costs on the part of more than one potentially responsible party (i.e. if there were several owners or users of a site that became contaminated over the years, they could all be considered potentially liable for cleaning up the site.)

Environmental engineering English vocabulary.      Английский словарь экологического инжиниринга.