11. If the partnership is a general partnership then the partners bear joint and several liability. 12. The bill also would limit an important legal tenet known as joint and several liability. 13. The parent and subsidiaries retain joint and several liability for the tax of the group. 14. The UK MBA will issue bonds backed by joint and several guarantees of the authorities involved. 15. The UCFA seeks to establish an apportionment of joint and several liability can seek contributions from their codefendants. 16. -- Joint and several liability. 17. In Colorado, on the other hand, the same term is used to describe joint and several liability for household bills. 18. The court also determined that joint and several liability would be inappropriate, and thus that the defendants would require separate trials. 19. Moreover, in the case of a joint and several guarantee by several sureties, unless all sign it none are liable thereunder. 20. It objected to provisions that exempt small businesses from joint and several liability for non-economic damages such as pain and suffering.