title: jquery validate span element
body: <p>I know that jquery validate is designed to check form fields but is it possible to check if a span class contains a value?</p>
  
  <p>For example a select box appends a selected value automatically to  
  (For the moment this way cannot be changed)</p>
  
  <p>Is there any chance to validate the span class?</p>
  
  <p>Any help would be highly appreciated.</p>