--- jquery.validate.js.ORIG	2008-05-12 13:15:36.000000000 -0700
+++ jquery.validate.js	2008-06-18 11:21:56.245989000 -0700
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@
 				!this.name && validator.settings.debug && window.console && console.error( "%o has no name assigned", this);
 			
 				// select only the first element for each name, and only those with rules specified
-				if ( this.name in rulesCache || !validator.objectLength($(this).rules()) )
+				if ( this.name in rulesCache || !validator.objectLength(jQuery(this).rules()) )
 					return false;
 				
 				rulesCache[this.name] = true;
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@
 				element = this.findByName( element.name )[0];
 			}
 			
-			var rules = $(element).rules();
+			var rules = jQuery(element).rules();
 			var dependencyMismatch = false;
 			for( method in rules ) {
 				var rule = { method: method, parameters: rules[method] };
@@ -776,7 +776,7 @@
 		});
 		
 		// handle dependency check
-		$.each(rules, function(prop, val) {
+		jQuery.each(rules, function(prop, val) {
 			// ignore rule when param is explicitly false, eg. required:false
 			if (val === false) {
 				delete rules[prop];