From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Joint \Joint\ (joint), a. [F., p. p. of joindre. See {Join}.]
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1. Joined; united; combined; concerted; as, joint action.
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2. Involving the united activity of two or more; done or
produced by two or more working together.
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I read this joint effusion twice over. --T. Hook.
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3. United, joined, or sharing with another or with others;
not solitary in interest or action; holding in common with
an associate, or with associates; acting together; as,
joint heir; joint creditor; a joint bank account; joint
debtor, etc. "Joint tenants of the world." --Donne.
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4. Shared by, or affecting two or more; held in common; as,
joint property; a joint bond.
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A joint burden laid upon us all. --Shak.
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{Joint committee} (Parliamentary Practice), a committee
composed of members of the two houses of a legislative
body, for the appointment of which concurrent resolutions
of the two houses are necessary. --Cushing.
{Joint meeting}, or {Joint session}, the meeting or session
of two distinct bodies as one; as, a joint meeting of
committees representing different corporations; a joint
session of both branches of a State legislature to chose a
United States senator. "Such joint meeting shall not be
dissolved until the electoral votes are all counted and
the result declared." --Joint Rules of Congress, U. S.
{Joint resolution} (Parliamentary Practice), a resolution
adopted concurrently by the two branches of a legislative
body. "By the constitution of the United States and the
rules of the two houses, no absolute distinction is made
between bills and joint resolutions." --Barclay (Digest).
{Joint rule} (Parliamentary Practice), a rule of proceeding
adopted by the concurrent action of both branches of a
legislative assembly. "Resolved, by the House of
Representatives (the Senate concurring), that the
sixteenth and seventeenth joint rules be suspended for the
remainder of the session." --Journal H. of R., U. S.
{Joint and several} (Law), a phrase signifying that the debt,
credit, obligation, etc., to which it is applied is held
in such a way that the parties in interest are engaged
both together and individually thus a joint and several
debt is one for which all the debtors may be sued together
or either of them individually; used especially in the
phrase joint and several liability.
{Joint stock}, stock held in company.
{Joint-stock company} (Law), a species of partnership,
consisting generally of a large number of members, having
a capital divided, or agreed to be divided, into shares,
the shares owned by any member being usually transferable
without the consent of the rest.
{Joint tenancy} (Law), a tenure by two or more persons of
estate by unity of interest, title, time, and possession,
under which the survivor takes the whole. --Blackstone.
{Joint tenant} (Law), one who holds an estate by joint
tenancy. Contrassted with {tenant in common}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Resolution \Res`o*lu"tion\ (-l?"sh?n), n. [F. r['e]solution. L.
resolutio a loosening, solution. See {Resolve}.]
1. The act, operation, or process of resolving. Specifically:
(a) The act of separating a compound into its elements or
component parts.
(b) The act of analyzing a complex notion, or solving a
vexed question or difficult problem.
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The unraveling and resolution of the
difficulties that are met with in the execution
of the design are the end of an action.
--Dryden.
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2. The state of being relaxed; relaxation. [Obs.]
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3. The state of being resolved, settled, or determined;
firmness; steadiness; constancy; determination.
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Be it with resolution then to fight. --Shak.
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4. That which is resolved or determined; a settled purpose;
determination. Specifically: A formal expression of the
opinion or will of an official body or a public assembly,
adopted by vote; as, a legislative resolution; the
resolutions of a public meeting.
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5. The state of being resolved or firm in opinion or thought;
conviction; assurance. [Obs.]
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Little resolution and certainty there is as touching
the islands of Mauritania. --Holland.
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6. (Math.) The act or process of solving; solution; as, the
resolution of an equation or problem.
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7. (Med.) A breaking up, disappearance; or termination, as of
a fever, a tumor, or the like.
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8. (Mus.) The passing of a dissonant into a consonant chord
by the rising or falling of the note which makes the
discord.
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9. (Technical) The act of distinguishing between two close
but not identical objects, or, when taking a measurement,
bbetween two close values of the property measured.
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10. (Technical) a measure of the ability to distinguish
between two close but not identical values of the
property being measured; it is expressed as the
difference in values of a property necessary to make such
a distinction; as, a microscope with a resolution of one
micron; a thermometer with a resolution of one-tenth of a
degree. Also called {resolving power}.
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{Joint resolution}. See under {Joint}, a.
{Resolution of a force} or {Resolution of a motion} (Mech.),
the separation of a single force or motion into two or
more which have different directions, and, taken together,
are an equivalent for the single one; -- the opposite of
{composition of a force}.
{Resolution of a nebula} (Astron.), the exhibition of it to
the eye by a telescope of such power as to show it to be
composed of small stars.
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Syn: Decision; analysis; separation; disentanglement;
dissolution; resolvedness; resoluteness; firmness;
constancy; perseverance; steadfastness; fortitude;
boldness; purpose; resolve. See {Decision}.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
joint resolution
n 1: a resolution passed by both houses of Congress which
becomes legally binding when signed by the Chief Executive
(or passed over the Chief Executive's veto)
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