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adiate, v. Roman-Dutch Law.|ˈædɪeɪt|
[app. irreg. f. L. adīre to approach + -ate3.]
trans. To accept (an inheritance) as heir under a will; in South Africa, to accept as beneficiary under a will. Hence adiation |ædɪˈəɪʃən|.
1829in J. W. Knapp Rep. Cases Privy Council (1831) I. iii Adiation (aditio in hereditatem) is a question more of intention than action. 1845C. Herbert tr. Grotius' Introd. Dutch Jurispr. ii. xx. 143 An instituted heir, who adiates freely the inheritance, may deduct therefrom a fourth part. Ibid. xxi. 147 Repudiation must take place after the inheritance falls in by death and before adiation. 1896Juta Selection of Leading Cases ii. 111 If the survivor has adiated and accepted benefits under the will. 1915R. W. Lee Roman-Dutch Law iv. i. 286 If he [sc. the ‘extraneus heres’] accepted or acted as heir, he was said to ‘adiate’ the inheritance (adire hereditatem), and from that moment was in the position of a universal successor. |