Dividenda
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In old records. An indenture; one counterpart of an indenture. DiVINARE (Lat.) To divine; to conjecture or gu'ess; to foretell. Divinatio, a conjecturing or guessing. DIVINATIO NON INTERPRETATIO est, quae omnino recedit a litera. It is a guess, not interpretation, which altogether departs from the letter. Bac. Max. reg. 3, p. 47.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
1. 1 In old English law. A thing to be divided; an indent- ' ure; a part of an indenture
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In old records. An indenture; one counterpart of an indenture.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Lat. [from dividere, to divide.] In old English law. A thing to be divided. An indenture is so called in old statutes. Claus. 6 Edw. II. in dorso m. 24. Stat. de Falcatoribus, 29 Edw. I. Cowell. Because it was to be divided, or cut in two. See Indenture. A part of an indenture. Stat. 10 Edw. I. c. 11. Stat. 28 Edw. I. st. 3, c. 2. Termes de la ley.