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A Dictionary of Law · William C. Anderson · 1889
A Dictionary of Law
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A share, a portion; a purpart. See Portion. Admission of a part involves an admission of the whole of a document; as, when ofie writing refers to another. This includes all the parts of an account, all indorsements, etc., but not detached items, nor memoranda.'* Bipartite. In two parts — counterparts, q. V. Purpart; purparty. A share of an estate allotted by partition to a coparcener, q. v.
Keasonable part
In the time of Henry H (1154-89), a man's goods were viewed as divided into three parts: one each for his lineal descendants, his wife, and himself. If he left children only, or a wife only, they or she took a moiety. The shares of the wife and children were called their reasonable part — pars rationabilis.^ 2.
Of part, in part; partial, partially^ as, part — owner, payment, performance, qq. v. Partial. (1) Pertaining to apart: as, partial — balance, eviction, loss, qq. v. (3) Biased, prejudiced. See Impartial. ' Church of Our Savior v. Montgomery County, 10