Contribution

Definition - Noun
1  : payment of a share of an amount for which one is liable: as
a  : shared payment of a judgment by joint tortfeasors esp. according to proportional fault
compare apportion
b  : pro rata apportionment of loss among all the insurance policies covering the same person or property
compare indemnity
2  : the money paid by one responsible for a share
3  : payment to a common fund (as by an employer or employee to an insurance plan or retirement fund)



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in personam jurisdiction

the jurisdiction granted a court over persons before it that allows the court to issue a binding judgment


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