Joint Indictment
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
One indictment brought against two or more offenders, charging the defendants jointly. It may be where there is a joint criminal act, without any regard to any particular personal default or defect of either of the defendants. Thus, there may be a joint indictment against the joint keepers of a gaming house. 1 Vent. 302; 2 Hawk. P. C. 240.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
One Indictment brought against two or more offenders, charging the defendants jointly. It may be where there is a joint criminal act, without any regard to any particular personal default or defect of either of the defendants: thus, there may be a joint indictment against the joint keepers of a gaming-house; 1 Ventr. 302; 2 Hawk. PI. Cr. 240.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
When several offenders are joined in the same indictment, such an indictment is called a "joint indictment;" as when principals in the first and second degree, and accessaries before and after the fact, are all joined in the same indictment. 2 Hale, P. C. 173; Brown.
Defined under Indictment in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
When several offenders are joined in the same indictment, such an indictment is called a “joint indictment;” as when principals in the first and second degree, and accessaries before and after the fact, are all joined in the same in- @iciment. 2 Hale, P. C. 173; Brown. ¢OINT LIVES. This expression is used to designate the duration of an estate or right which is granted to two or more persons to be enjoyed so long as they both (or all) shall lve. As soon as one dies, the interest determines,