partnership Copy link Outline I. In gen. sense1. sŏcĭĕtas (association, sharing)2. consortio (= preced.)II. In business • partnership: I. In gen. sense 1. sŏcĭĕtas (association, sharing): p. in crime, s. facinorum, Cic. Ph. 13, 17, fin.: Sall.: v. fellowship, alliance. 2. consortio (= preced.): cf. Liv. 6, 40, fin., Quaenam ista societas, quaenam consortio est?--(rare): Cic. See also, union, association. II. In business: sŏciĕtas: to form (enter into) p., s. coire, Dig. 17, 2, 1: s. contrahere, ib. § 5: to retire from a p., societate abire, ib. § 14: to give notice of doing so, societati renuntiare, ib. § 14. Phr.: to dissolve p., dissociari, ib. § 4: action for fraudulent p., actio pro socio, ib. § 31. (See the chapter of Digest referred to throughout.)