The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
distributive share — The share in the personal estate of an intestate, after the payment of his debts and claims against the estate, to which a distributee or heir is entitled. 22 Am J2d Desc & D § 22. The term has also been applied with less precision to the share… … Ballentine's law dictionary
distributive share — The share or portion which a given heir receives on the legal distribution of an intestate estate; or from a dissolved partnership. Helvering v. Enright s Estate, 312 U.S. 636, 61 S.Ct. 777, 781, 85 L.Ed. 1093. Sometimes, by an extension of… … Black's law dictionary
distributive share — The share or portion which a given heir receives on the legal distribution of an intestate estate; or from a dissolved partnership. Helvering v. Enright s Estate, 312 U.S. 636, 61 S.Ct. 777, 781, 85 L.Ed. 1093. Sometimes, by an extension of… … Black's law dictionary
share — n 1: a portion belonging to, due to, or due from an individual a joint tortfeasor is liable for her share of the damages; specif: the part allotted or belonging to one of a number owning together any property or interest the share of a joint… … Law dictionary
share — To partake; enjoy with others; have a portion of + share, n A part or definite portion of a thing owned by a number of persons in common and contemplates something owned in common by two or more persons and has reference to that part of the… … Black's law dictionary
share — A word of different connations. 57 Am J1st Wills § 1327. The portion of a testator s estate given to a particular beneficiary. 57 Am J1st Wills § 1327. The portion of an intestate estate to which one of two or more heirs or distributees is… … Ballentine's law dictionary
Distributive — Dis*trib u*tive, a. [Cf. F. distributif.] 1. Tending to distribute; serving to divide and assign in portions; dealing to each his proper share. Distributive justice. Swift. [1913 Webster] 2. (Logic) Assigning the species of a general term. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Distributive operation — Distributive Dis*trib u*tive, a. [Cf. F. distributif.] 1. Tending to distribute; serving to divide and assign in portions; dealing to each his proper share. Distributive justice. Swift. [1913 Webster] 2. (Logic) Assigning the species of a general … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Distributive proportion — Distributive Dis*trib u*tive, a. [Cf. F. distributif.] 1. Tending to distribute; serving to divide and assign in portions; dealing to each his proper share. Distributive justice. Swift. [1913 Webster] 2. (Logic) Assigning the species of a general … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
distributive — adjective Date: 15th century 1. of or relating to distribution: as a. dealing a proper share to each of a group b. diffusing more or less evenly 2. of a word referring singly and without exception to the members of a group < each, either, and… … New Collegiate Dictionary
