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.