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Communi Dividendo

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Kinney (1893)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

In clvillaw. An action which lies for those who have property in common, to procure a division. It. lies where parties hold land in common, but not in partnership. Calv. Lex. COMM UN lA.

In old English law. Common. Bracton, fol. 222. Common things (res communes), such as running water, the air, the sea, etc., Id. 7b.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A Roman law action for the partition of property held in common.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

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In the civil law. An ing a common property.