(India) A household consisting of two or more closely-related nuclear families, such as two or more brothers along with their wives and children, or multiple generations along with spouses.

Synonym of joint family

a military strategy employing combined arms to accomplish a specified objective.

plural of joint tenant

(law) A form of ownership by two or more individuals in which the share in the asset belonging to any of the owners passes automatically to the other owners upon death, without requiring probate.

plural of joint tenancy

(law) One of the owners of an asset that is mutually owned by joint tenancy.

(anatomy) A type of joint where motion is restricted to one plane as in the knee or elbow.

a joint that may move horizontally such as the neck vertebrae

plural of joint venture