Leonina societas
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Stimson (1881)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
A lion’s partnership, wherein one partner shares the profits but not the losses.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
An attempted partnership in which one party was to bear all the losses, and have no share in the profits. This was a void partnership in the Roman law. Brown.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Lat. An attempted partnership, in which one party was to bear all the losses, and have no share in the profits. This was a void partnership in Roman law; and, apparently, it wonid also be void as a partnership in English law, as being inherently inconsistent with the notion of partnership. (Dig. 17, 2, 29, 2.) Brown.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
/. The lion's partnership, a partnership where one party gets all the advantage. Les lois ne se chargent de punir que les actions ezt^rieures, fr. Laws only attempt to punish outward acts.