aditio
noun
adi·tio
ə-ˈdi-shē-ˌō
plural -s
Roman law
: the informal acceptance by an outsider of heirship
broadly : the vesting of the inheritance in an heir to a testate or intestate estate or the entering into the inheritance
Word History
Etymology
Late Latin, from Latin, approach, from aditus (past participle) + -io -ion
First Known Use
1762, in the meaning defined above
- quarter boom
- quarter boot
- quarter box
- quarter butt
- quarter cask
- quarter court
- quarter crack
- quarter day
- quarter dollar
- quarter eagle
- quarter face
- quarter fast
- quarter gallery
- quarter galley
- quarter grabbing
- quarter grain
- quarter guard
- quarter gunner
- quarter hoop
- quarter horse
- quarter horses
- quarter hour
- quarter iron
- quarter lift
- quarter light