The court is most likely to apply the same principles to this joint venture as it applies to: D. partnerships.
Partnerships can be defined as the way in which two people or two or more enter into a business.
Since Joint venture is similar to partnership which means that the court can likely apply the same principle to both Joint venture and partnership.
Therefore the correct option D.
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