joint enterprise

joint enterprise
noun
2.
a. : an undertaking of two or more persons for a common object under circumstances giving each an equal right to control a vehicle or instrumentality and making all chargeable with the negligence of anyone exercising actual control and causing harm to another in actions between the third person and the parties to the enterprise
b. : an undertaking of two or more persons for mutual benefit or pleasure

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