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General partnership

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

One wherein all the business is carried on for the joint profit of all the partners. See 3 Fed. Cas. (U. S.) 349, 1 Cliff. (U. S.) 28.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

A partnership in which the parties carry on all their trade and business, whatever it may be, for the joint benefit and profit of all the parties concerned, whether the capital stock be limited or not, or the contributions thereto be equal or unequal. Story, Partn. § 74; Bigelow v. Elliot, 3 Fed. Cas. 351; Eldridge v. Troost, 3 Abb. Praa, N. S. (N. Y.) 23.

Defined under Partnership in Black's Law Dictionary.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

A partthe joint benefit and profit of all the parties concerned, whether the capital stuck be limited or not, or the contributions thereto be equal or unequal. Story, Partin. § 74.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

A partnership in which the parties carry on all their trade and business, whatever it may be, for the joint benefit and profit of all the parties concerned, whether the capital stock be limited or not, or the contributions thereto be equal or unequal. Story en Partn. § 74.