Distributive share
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
The share or portion which a given heir receives on the legni distribution of an intestate estate, People v. Beckwith, 10 N. Y. St. Rep. 97; Page v. Rives, 18 Fed. Cas. 992. Sometimes, by an extension of meaning, the share or portion assigned to a given person on the distribution of any estate or fund, as, under an assignment for creditors or under insolvency proceedings.