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Joint Clearing Members: Firms that clear on more than one exchange.

Joint Tax Return: Tax return filed by two people, usually spouses.

Joint Tape: Special paper or paper-faced cotton tape used over joints between wallboard to conceal the joint and provide a smooth surface for painting.

Joint Tenancy: An estate or unit of interest in real estate that is owned by two or more natural persons with rights of survivorship. The basic idea of a joint tenancy is unity of ownership, title is held . . . View Full Definition

Joint Tenants With Right Of Survivorship: In the case of a joint account, on the death of one account holder, ownership of the account assets is transferred to the remaining account holder or holders.

Joint Venture: A type of partial structural integration in which one or more separate organizations combine resources to achieve a stated objective. The participating companies share ownership of the ventu . . . View Full Definition

Joint Trench: When the electric company and telephone company dig one trench and 'drop' both of their service lines in.

Joint Stock Company: A form of business organization that falls between a corporation and a partnership. The company sells stock, and its shareholders are free to sell their stock, but shareholders are liable fo . . . View Full Definition

Joint Set: A group of joints that are parallel or nearly parallel. They are frequently formed at the same time interval from a common process.

Joint Employment: The relationship between a Professional employer organization or employee leasing firm and an employer, based on a contractual sharing of liability and responsibility for employees.