partible
partible — 形容詞
- partiblepositive
- more partiblecomparative
- most partiblesuperlative
1. Describes land or property that can be divided among multiple heirs when the own
可分割的
指財產可分配給多位繼承人而非單一人
Describes land or property that can be divided among multiple heirs when the owner dies, rather than passing intact to one person. In a broader sense, capable of being separated into parts.
Under customary law, the old farm was partible and went to all nine children.
根據習慣法，那座老農場屬於可分割財產，由所有九個子女繼承。
partible + went to all [number] children
Hannah discovered the estate was partible, overturning her cousin's claim to everything.
Hannah 發現這筆遺產是可分割的，推翻了她表親想獨佔全部的主張。
The village's partible meadows were re-divided among the households every spring.
村裡可分割的牧草地每年春天都會在各家各戶之間重新分配。
partible + re-divided: periodic division pattern
Constanza inherited only a small plot because the land was partible among many heirs.
Constanza 只繼承了一小塊地，因為土地要在眾多繼承人之間分割。
Partible inheritance meant Nikos and his three sisters each received an equal portion.
可分割的繼承制度意味著 Nikos 和他的三個姊妹都獲得了均等的份額。
collocation: partible inheritance
- partible inheritance
- partible land
- partible estate
- partible property
- partible wealth
- partible meadows
- divisible
broader, used for everyday objects and abstract things, not limited to inheritance
- separable
emphasises physical ability to pull apart, not legal division
- partitionable
more technical, often used about territory or data rather than estates
- impartible
legal term: property that cannot be divided among heirs and must pass to one person
- entailed
legally bound to a specific line of inheritance, preventing sale or division
- indivisible
general term for anything that cannot be divided
用法筆記
Almost always used of property, land, or estates in legal and historical contexts. Contrasts with primogeniture, where the eldest child inherits everything.