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Partitio

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Anderson (1889)

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

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.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

L In the civil law. Partition, halves.

A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889

An apportioning: partitioning, partition. From partiri, to divide, part. De partitione facienda. Regarding a partition to be made; for dividing land. A ■writ of partition is sometimes called a writ de partitione, etc. Quod partitio flat. That partition be made: the decree ordering a partition. See Partition.