Limited partnership, 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. -- Partnership in commendam, the title given to
the limited partnership (F. sociÈtÈ en commanditÈ) of the French law,
introduced into the code of Louisiana. Burrill. -- Silent partnership,
the relation of partnership sustained by a person who furnishes capital
only.
Par*took" (?), imp. of Partake.
Par"tridge (?), n. [OE. partriche, pertriche, OF. pertris, perdriz, F.
perdrix, L. perdix, -icis, fr. Gr. &?;.] (Zoˆl.) 1. Any one of numerous
species of small gallinaceous birds of the genus Perdix and several
related genera of the family PerdicidÊ, of the Old World. The partridge
is noted as a game bird.
Full many a fat partrich had he in mew.
Chaucer.
The common European, or gray, partridge (Perdix cinerea) and the
red-legged partridge (Caccabis rubra) of Southern Europe and Asia are
well-known species.
2. Any one of several species of quail-like birds belonging to Colinus,
and allied genera. [U.S.]
Among them are the bobwhite (Colinus Virginianus) of the Eastern
States; the plumed, or mountain, partridge (Oreortyx pictus) of
California; the Massena partridge (Cyrtonyx MontezumÊ); and the
California partridge (Callipepla Californica).