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a variation of the following should work for you:

$('button.addtocart').click(function(event) {  //stub
      
         $.validator.addClassRules("qtyvalid", { required: false, number: true, disallowNegative: true });
        var quickorderinput = $('.qtyvalid');   
        quickorderinput.valid();
            //popup modal box containing error messages
    });


my button class is "qtyvalid" and I have several instances of it throughout the page

groups option?

groups    Options   
Specify grouping of error messages. A group consists of an arbitrary group name as the key and a space separated list of element names as the value. Use errorPlacement to control where the group message is placed.