partialitas

partialitas [ML] 1 state or condition of being partial (as opposed to total or complete) or part (of), partialness. si ‥ hec prepositio ‘de’ notat exceptionem aut minoritatem aut ~atem Neckam SS I 20. 6; ut uno stipite non parcialitas / sed matris pendeat ipsa totalitas Walt. Wimb. Carm. 602; si in eodem sine composicione et ~ate possunt esse multe perfecciones ‥ ergo multo magis possunt esse in Deitate tres persone sine composicione et ~ate Duns Ord. IV 268. 2 preference or predilection for one party in suit, dispute, or sim., partiality, bias; b (w. cum). s1342 procurare ea que pacis sunt ‥ et ~atem omnem vitare Ad. Mur. Chr. app. 226; 1441 absque dissimulacione ‥ invidia, ~ate dolo ‥ et malo ingenio quibuscumque Bekynton I 140; 1441 discordiam ‥ absque aliqua ~ate debite reformabit MonExon 405b; 1502 omni favore, ~ate, mercede ‥ postpositis StatOx 304.  b qui ~atem habent cum hiis quorum causa agitur Plusc. VII 19 p. 89. 3 (act or policy of) taking part against (in quot., w. obj. gen.). pacis turbacio ‥ insoncium ~as, indignorum promocio Ockham I. & P. 31.