{"data":{"id":"us-vt/12-v.s.a.-5054","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"12 V.S.A. § 5054","heading":"Discharge of a joint contractor","body":"A creditor having a debt or demand against a partnership or several joint obligors or promisors may discharge one or more of such partners, obligors, or promisors without impairing his or her right against the others as to the residue of his or her debt or demand.","path":["Title 12: Court Procedure","Chapter 175: Joint Contracts"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/12/175/05054","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T16:49:57Z","sha256":"3b1c9cdb67af5d4e535d6ab33a733754281239740c6b7f57deeb78fea241c78d","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/12-v.s.a.-5053","next":"us-vt/12-v.s.a.-5055"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}