Partitio
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
Lat In the civil law. Partition; division. This word did not always signify dimidium, a dividing into halves. Dig. 50, 16, 164, L
— Partitio legata. A testamentary partition. This took place where the testator, in his will, directed the heir to divide the inheritance and deliver a designated portion thereof to a named legatee. See Mackeld. Rom. Law, §§ 781, 785.