Strict joint and several liability

Strict ■■■■■ and several liability,

Definition of Strict ■■■■■ and several liability:

1. US term for the liability for cleanup of hazardous wastes. Here strict means that wrongdoers are liable whether or not they acted carelessly or unreasonably; ■■■■■ and several means that any and all of the wrongdoers can be forced to pay for all the damages in case of an indivisible harm (where the proportion of total harm attributable to each wrongdoer cannot be determined).