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fidei-commissum Rom. Law.|ˌfaɪdiːaɪkɒˈmɪsəm| [a. L. fidei-commissum, neut. pa. pple. of fidei-committĕre, f. fidei, dat. of fidēs faith + committĕre to entrust, commit.] A bequest which a person made by begging his heir or legatee to transfer something to a third person.
1727–41in Chambers Cycl. 1767Blackstone Comm. II. ii. xx. 327 The fidei-commissum..was the disposal of an inheritance to one, in confidence that he should convey it or dispose of the profits at the will of another. So ˌfidei-coˈmmissary [ad. L. fidei commissārius: see -ary], of, belonging to, or of the nature of a fidei-commissum. fidei-coˈmmissarily adv. [+-ly2], in a fidei-commissary or precatory manner; through a fidei-commissum. ˌfidei-coˈmmission, the action involved in a fidei-commissum; an instance of this. ˌfidei-coˈmmissioner [+ -er1], one who receives a fidei-commissum. ˌfidei-coˈmmissor, ‘he that commits a thing to be disposed of by another’ (Blount Glossogr. 1656–81).
1751Chambers Cycl. s.v. Fidei-Commissum, A prætor was erected, whose business was restrained to the single matter of fidei-commissions. Ibid., The fidei-commissioner refused to accept the trust. 1880Muirhead Ulpian xxv. §3 A fideicommissary gift may be left even by a mere nod. 1880― Gaius ii. §247 Fideicommissary inheritances. Ibid. §260 Competent for a testator to bequeath single things by fideicommissary gift. Ibid. §289 He cannot be appointed fideicommissarily. 1880― Ulpian ii. §8 He to whom freedom is given fideicommissarily is a freedman not of the testator's but of the manumitter's. |