dissolution Copy link Outline I. Break up1. dissŏlūtio2. intĕrĭtus, ūsII. Formal termination of an engagement • dissolution: I. Break up: 1. dissŏlūtio: death is the d. of nature, mors est d. naturae, Cic.: the d. of the empire, d. imperii, Tac. 2. intĕrĭtus, ūs: v. destruction. II. Formal termination of an engagement: inductio (i. e. the cancelling of a written contract): or better expr. by verb: to demand the d. of a contract, postulare ut inducatur locatio (v. to cancel): to announce the d. of a partnership, societatem diremptam esse proscribere, significare: v. to dissolve. Phr.: a d. of marriage, divortium (v. divorce): a d. of the marriage contract is caused by divorce, death, etc., dirimitur matrimonium divortio, morte, etc., Paul. Dig.: d. of marriage by confarreation, diffarreatio, Fest.: v. divorce.