portion
Defined in 7 dictionaries — Case Law, U.S. Code, Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Anderson (1889), Abbott (1879), Bouvier (1839)
Definitions from Case Law
From 583 U.S. 220 - Murphy v. Smith · 2018Most cited · 32 citing opinions
[a] share or allotted part (as of an estate)." Black's Law Dictionary 1182 (7th ed. 1999).
United States Code
26 U.S.C. § 7702B — for purposes of this section (2 versions over time)
For purposes of this subsection, the term “portion” means only the terms and benefits under a life insurance contract or annuity contract that are in addition to the terms and benefits under the contract without regard to long-term care insurance coverage.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
That part of a parent’s estate, or the estate of one standing in loco parentis, which is given to a child. 1 Yern. 204. See 8 Com. Dig. 539; 16 Viner, Abr. 432; 1 Belt, Suppl. Ves. 34, 58, 303; 2 id. 46; Appeal of Lewis, 108 Pa. 137; Holly v. State, 54 Ala. 240. The.part, share, or division, made for a child by the parent. Dickison v. Dickison,
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
Is synonymous with part.2 Specifically, such part of a parent's estate as is given to each child. Portionist. One who receives a share or portion. Share, part, and portion are frequently synonymous. Applied to property acquired from an ancestor, " portion" is the most comprehensive word that can be used.^ See Advancement; Part, 1; Partition; Raise; Satisfaction, S.
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Has a somewhat technical use, to signify that part of a person's estate which is given or bequeathed to a child. It seems to imply that there are several children or beneficiaries, and that their shares are governed in amount by natural or equitable considerations, not by the, arbitrary gift of the parent or testator. Portion is especially applied to payments made to younger children out of the funds comprised in their parents' marriage settlement, and in pursuance of the trusts thereof. Mozley^ W. Portion disponible. In French law, that part of a man's,estate which he may freely give, by act or will. A parent leaving one legitimate child may dispose of one-half only of his property; one leaving two, one-third only; and one leaving three or more, one-fourth only; and it matters not whether the disposition is inter vivos or by will. Portioner. When a parsonage is served by two, or sometimes three, ministers, alternately, the ministers are termed portioners, portion of the tithes or profits of the living.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
is that part of a parent’s estate, or the estate of one standing, in loco parentis, which is given to a child. 1 Vern. 204. Vide 8 Com. Dig. 539; 16 Vin. Ab. 432; 1 Suppl. to Ves. Jr. 34, 58, 303, 308; 2 Ib. 46, 370, 404.