I have it setup like this for one of my line charts (the chart has 3 series, so I have 3 columns in the legend):
legend: {
// Enable rows and columns in the legend
renderer: $.jqplot.EnhancedLegendRenderer,
show: true,
// place label on top of graph
location: 'n',
// place label outsid the graph plot and add space above the graph for no overlay
placement: 'outsideGrid',
// set the labels for the legend to the labels array
labels: labels,
// set the number of rows and columns for the legend
marginTop: 0,
rendererOptions: {
numberRows: 1,
numberColumns: 3,
seriesToggle: false,
disableIEFading: true
}
},