Joint Fiat
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A flat in bankruptcy, issued against two or more trading partners. Wharton,
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A flat which was formerly issued against two or more trading partners.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In English law. A fiat in bankruptcy, issued against two or more trading partners. Fiat justitia, ruat cœlumLet right be done, though the heavens should fall. Fiat prout fieri consuevit, (nil temere novandum.) Let it be done as it hath used to be done, (nothing must be rashly innovated.) Jenk. Cont 116, case 39 ; Branch, Princ.
Defined under Fiat in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In Englishlaw. A fiat bankruptcy, issued against two or more. trading partners.