連帶責(zé)任（即民事連帶責(zé)任）是指依照法律規(guī)定或者當(dāng)事人的約定，具有一定民事法律關(guān)系的兩個(gè)或者兩個(gè)以上當(dāng)事人對(duì)其共同債務(wù)、共同民事責(zé)任或他人債務(wù)、他人的民事責(zé)任全部承擔(dān)或部分承擔(dān)，并能因此引起其內(nèi)部債務(wù)關(guān)系的一種民事責(zé)任。它屬于共同責(zé)任中的一種。
    下面我們來看看joint and several這個(gè)詞組的英文解釋，選自：The Real Life Dictionary of the Law
    joint and several
    adj. referring to a debt or a judgment for negligence， in which each debtor （one who owes） or each judgment defendant （one who has a judgment against him/her） is responsible （liable） for the entire amount of the debt or judgment. Thus， in drafting a promissory note for a debt， it is important to state that if there is more than one person owing the funds to be paid， the debt is joint and several， since then the person owed money （creditor， promisee） can collect the entire amount from any of the joint signers of the note， and not be limited to a share from each debtor. If a party injured in an accident sues several parties for causing his/her damages， the court may find that several people were “jointly” negligent and contributed to the damages. The entire judgment may be collected from any of the defendants found responsible， unless the court finds different amounts of negligence of each defendant contributed to the injury. Defense attorneys should require the trier of fact （jury or judge sitting without a jury） to break down the amount of negligence of each defendant and the plaintiff if there is contributory negligence. Often the court will refuse to do so， allowing the plaintiff to collect from whichever defendant has the “deep pocket” （lots of money）， and letting the defendant who pays demand contributions from the other defendants.
    簡言之，“連帶責(zé)任”可以譯為：joint and several liability