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divisory, a.|dɪˈvaɪzərɪ| [ad. med. or mod.L. dīvīsōri-us, f. dīvīsor: see above and -ory.] Pertaining to division or distribution among a number.
1614Raleigh Hist. World ii. xvi. §2. 467 Diuers sorts of lots..as in the diuision of grounds or honours; and in thinges to be vnder-taken: the two first kindes were called diuisorie; the third diuinatorie. 1656Fuller Notes on Jonah (1657) 39 Lots were of three natures, 1st. divinatorie, 2nd. Divisorie, 3rdly. consultory. 1710Brit. Apollo III. No. 65. 1/2. 1880 Muirhead Gaius Digest 442 The divisory actions were the a. familiae erciscundae for partitioning an inheritance, communi dividundo for dividing common property, and finium regundorum for settling boundaries. 1885Lorenz tr. Van der Kessel's Select Thesis ccclxi, In divisory contracts made..between a surviving parent and the relatives of the ward. |