repartitio

Repartitio is a Latin noun that denotes the act or result of distributing parts of a whole among recipients. It derives from the verb repartire, meaning to distribute again, and the noun-forming suffix -tio, indicating an act or process.

In historical Latin texts, repartitio is used in legal, economic, and philosophical contexts to describe apportionment or allocation of resources, revenues, lands, or duties. In Roman law and in medieval canon and feudal law, the term appears in discussions of the repartition of inheritance, the distribution of church revenues among clergy, or the partition of estates and fiefs among heirs and vassals. Scholastic writers also employed repartitio in debates on distributive justice, addressing how goods should be allocated to individuals according to criteria such as need, merit, or status.

Modern usage of the term is largely confined to Latin-language scholarship or antiquarian writings; in contemporary discourse the concept is typically expressed with terms such as redistribution, apportionment, or allocation, depending on the field. The core idea remains the same: determining how a whole should be divided and assigned to various recipients in a manner deemed appropriate or just within a given normative framework.

See also

Redistribution

Apportionment

Allocation

Partition

Note: Repartitio is primarily a historical or philological term; in most modern languages the corresponding concepts are described with modern equivalents rather than the Latin term itself.