fidei-commissumn.
/ˌfʌɪdiːʌɪkɒˈmɪsəm/ Roman Law.
A bequest which a person made by begging his heir or legatee to transfer something to a third person.
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society > law > transfer of property > testamentary disposition > [noun] > a bequest or legacy > made through transfer from legatee
fidei-commission1728
fidei-commissum1728
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Fidei-Commissum..is an Inheritance left in trust with any one, for the use of another.
1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (new ed.) 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.
Derivatives
ˌfidei-coˈmmissary adj. [ < Latin fidei commissārius: see -ary suffix1] of, belonging to, or of the nature of a fidei-commissum.
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society > law > transfer of property > testamentary disposition > [adjective] > of or relating to a bequest > of or relating to a fidei-commissum
fidei-commissary1880
1880 J. Muirhead tr. Ulpian Rules xxv, in tr. Gaius Institutes 422 A fideicommissary gift may be left even by a mere nod.
1880 J. Muirhead tr. Gaius Institutes ii. 165 Competent for a testator to bequeath single things by fideicommissary gift.
1880 J. Muirhead in tr. Gaius Institutes ii. 159 Let us begin with [fideicommissary] inheritances.
fidei-coˈmmissarily adv. [+-ly suffix2] in a fidei-commissary or precatory manner; through a fidei-commissum.
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society > law > transfer of property > testamentary disposition > [adverb] > by fidei-commissum
fidei-commissarily1880
1880 J. Muirhead tr. Gaius Institutes ii. 173 He [sc. a tutor] cannot be appointed fideicommissarily.
1880 J. Muirhead tr. Ulpian Rules ii, in tr. Gaius Institutes 367 He to whom freedom is given fideicommissarily is a freedman not of the testator's but of the manumitter's.
ˌfidei-coˈmmission n. the action involved in a fidei-commissum; an instance of this.
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society > law > transfer of property > testamentary disposition > [noun] > a bequest or legacy > made through transfer from legatee
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fidei-commissum1728
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Fidei-Commissum A Pretor was erected, whose Business was restrain'd to the single Matter of Fidei-Commissions.
ˌfidei-coˈmmissioner n. [+ -er suffix1] one who receives a fidei-commissum.
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society > law > transfer of property > testamentary disposition > [noun] > legatee > one who receives a fidei-commissum
fidei-commissioner1728
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) The Fidei-Commissioner refused to accept the Trust, upon which the Testament fell to the Ground.
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ˌfidei-coˈmmissor n. ‘he that commits a thing to be disposed of by another’ (Blount Glossogr. 1656–81).
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