title: form valid method not exist in mvc4 validations
body: <p>We are trying to test a form validation in java script in an mvc4 web project. We are using the jQuery Validation Plugin 1.8.1. When we teste the form validation with the following code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>$('#theForm').submit(function(event) {
             if (!$('#theForm').valid()) {
             ....
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>We get the following error when call the valid() function:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <ul>
    <li>Uncaught TypeError: Object [object Object] has no method 'valid'</li>
    </ul>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>Why the form element doesn’t have the valid function if in all the examples for validation forms for mvc projects they always use this function? </p>