连带责任(即民事连带责任)是指依照法律规定或者当事人的约定，具有一定民事法律关系的两个或者两个以上当事人对其共同债务、共同民事责任或他人债务、他人的民事责任全部承担或部分承担，并能因此引起其内部债务关系的一种民事责任。它属于共同责任中的一种。

下面我们来看看jointandseveral这个词组的英文解释，选自：TheRealLifeDictionaryoftheLaw

jointandseveral

adj.referringtoadebtorajdgmentfornegligence，inwhicheachdebtor(onewhoowes)oreachjdgmentdefendant(onewhohasajdgmentagainsthim/her)isresponsible(liable)fortheentireamontofthedebtorjdgment.Ths，indraftingapromissorynoteforadebt，itisimportanttostatethatifthereismorethanonepersonowingthefndstobepaid，thedebtisjointandseveral，sincethenthepersonowedmoney(creditor，promisee)cancollecttheentireamontfromanyofthejointsignersofthenote，andnotbelimitedtoasharefromeachdebtor.Ifapartyinjredinanaccidentsesseveralpartiesforcasinghis/herdamages，thecortmayfindthatseveralpeoplewerejointlynegligentandcontribtedtothedamages.Theentirejdgmentmaybecollectedfromanyofthedefendantsfondresponsible，nlessthecortfindsdifferentamontsofnegligenceofeachdefendantcontribtedtotheinjry.Defenseattorneyssholdreqirethetrieroffact(jryorjdgesittingwithotajry)tobreakdowntheamontofnegligenceofeachdefendantandtheplaintiffifthereiscontribtorynegligence.Oftenthecortwillrefsetodoso，allowingtheplaintifftocollectfromwhicheverdefendanthasthedeeppocket(lotsofmoney)，andlettingthedefendantwhopaysdemandcontribtionsfromtheotherdefendants.

简言之，连带责任可以译为：jointandseveralliability