noun.
The state or condition of being a partner
noun.
A division or sharing among partners; joint possession or interest.
noun.
An alliance or association of persons for the prosecution of an undertaking or a business on joint account; a company; a firm; a house.
noun.
A contract between two or more competent persons for joining together their money, goods, labor, and skill, or any or all of them, under an understanding that there shall be a communion of profit between them, and for the purpose of carrying on a legal trade, business, or adventure.
noun.
See Fellowship, n., 6.
noun.
a form of partnership in which the firm consists of one or more general partners, jointly and severally responsible as ordinary partners, and one or more special partners, who are not liable for the debts of the partnership beyond the amount of cash they contribute as capital.
noun.
the title given to the limited partnership (F. société en commandité) of the French law, introduced into the code of Louisiana.
noun.
the relation of partnership sustained by a person who furnishes capital only.