{"id":363639,"date":"2013-01-28T16:34:14","date_gmt":"2013-01-28T21:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.findlaw-admin.com\/ability-law\/dictionary\/definition\/partner.html"},"modified":"2013-01-28T16:34:14","modified_gmt":"2013-01-28T21:34:14","slug":"partner","status":"publish","type":"dictionary","link":"https:\/\/dictionary.findlaw.com\/definition\/partner.html","title":{"rendered":"Partner"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"fl-index-heading\">\n    <p>term:<\/p>\n    <h1 class=\"fl-h1 fl-mb20\"><\/h1>\n\n    <dl class=\"fl-index-heading-description-list\">\n            <dt class=\"fl-mb10\"><p class=\"fl-text-bold\">n<\/p><\/dt>\n        <dd><p><b>:<\/b> one of two or more persons associated as joint principals in carrying on a business for the purpose of enjoying a joint profit <br \/>  <b>:<\/b> a member of a partnership <br \/>  <i>;specif<\/i><br \/>  <b>:<\/b> a partner in a law firm <\/p>\n<p><b>dormant partner<\/b><br \/>  <b>:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.findlaw.com\/definition\/silent-partner.html\">silent partner <\/a> in this entry <\/p>\n<p><b>general partner<\/b><br \/>  <b>:<\/b> a partner whose liability for partnership debts and obligations is unlimited compare <a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.findlaw.com\/definition\/limited-partner.html\">limited partner<\/a> in this entry <\/p>\n<p><b>lim&#183;it&#183;ed partner<\/b><br \/>  <b>:<\/b> a partner in a venture who has no management authority and whose liability is limited to the amount of his or her investment compare <a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.findlaw.com\/definition\/general-partner.html\">general partner<\/a> in this entry <\/p>\n<p><b>partner in com&#183;men&#183;dam<\/b><br \/>  &#91;-in-k&#601;-men-d&#601;m, -k&#333;-men-d&#196; m&#93;<br \/>  <i>in the civil law of Louisiana<\/i><br \/>  <b>:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.findlaw.com\/definition\/limited-partner.html\">limited partner <\/a> in this entry <\/p>\n<p><b>si&#183;lent partner<\/b><br \/>  <b>:<\/b> a partner who takes no active part in conducting the partnership business but who receives a share of its profits and whose existence is often not made public called also <i>dormant partner<\/i> <\/p>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n    <div class=\"fl-index-heading-source\">Source: Merriam-Webster&#8217;s Dictionary of Law \u00a91996. Merriam-Webster, Incorporated. Published under license with Merriam-Webster, Incorporated.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is &#8216;Partner&#8217;? Learn more about legal terms and the law at FindLaw.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":358119,"menu_order":0,"template":"app\/Http\/Controllers\/Templates\/DictionaryArticleController.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_stopmodifiedupdate":false,"_modified_date":"","_autodraft_ids":[],"_cloudinary_featured_overwrite":false,"_sb_is_suggestion_mode":false,"_sb_show_suggestion_boards":false,"_sb_show_comment_boards":false,"_sb_suggestion_history":"","_sb_update_block_changes":"","_is_real_time_mode":false,"_realtime_collaborators":"","cf_checklist_status":[]},"dictionary_tags":[],"class_list":["post-363639","dictionary","type-dictionary","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dictionary.findlaw.com\/law-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dictionary\/363639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dictionary.findlaw.com\/law-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dictionary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dictionary.findlaw.com\/law-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/dictionary"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dictionary.findlaw.com\/law-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dictionary\/358119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dictionary.findlaw.com\/law-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"dictionary_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dictionary.findlaw.com\/law-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dictionary_tags?post=363639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}