joint and several note

A note for which multiple makers are jointly and severally liable for repayment, meaning that the payee may legally look to all the makers, or any one of them, for payment of the entire debt. See joint and several liability under LIABILITY. [Cases: Bills and Notes 120. C.J.S. Bills and Notes; Letters of Credit§§ 81, 83, 249.]

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