damnosa hereditasn.

/damˈnəʊsə hɪˈrɛdɪtas/

Etymology: Latin, = ‘insolvent inheritance’.

Law. An unprofitable legacy; now widely applied to any inheritance, tradition, etc., involving more burden than profit.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [noun] > encumberment > burdensomeness > a burden > inheritance or tradition

damnosa hereditas1848

1848 J. J. S. Wharton Law Lexicon 159/1 Damnosa hæreditas, a disadvantageous inheritance.

1889 S. Alexander Moral Order iii. ii. 307 Murder and lying and theft are a damnosa hereditas left us from a time when they were legitimate institutions.

1912 J. E. C. Flitch Mod. Dancing vii. 98 Lottie Collins left a legacy of style behind her which her successors probably found to be a damnosa hereditas.

1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 7 May 357/1 He is not himself immune from the effects of a damnosa hereditas common to the species.

1935 Times Lit. Suppl. 3 Jan. 1/3 He bequeathed his resentment in a Will so complicated..that it threatened..to become the damnosa hereditas of The Times.

1938 R. G. Collingwood Princ. Art x. 214 Hume did not recognize the difference; and his failure has been a damnosa hereditas for all subsequent philosophy.

1955 Times 10 May 4/2 The rule that an executor was not compelled to accept a damnosa hereditas did not provide a reliable guide.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

单词	damnosa hereditas
释义	damnosa hereditasn. /damˈnəʊsə hɪˈrɛdɪtas/ Etymology: Latin, = ‘insolvent inheritance’. Law. An unprofitable legacy; now widely applied to any inheritance, tradition, etc., involving more burden than profit. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [noun] > encumberment > burdensomeness > a burden > inheritance or tradition damnosa hereditas1848 1848 J. J. S. Wharton Law Lexicon 159/1 Damnosa hæreditas, a disadvantageous inheritance. 1889 S. Alexander Moral Order iii. ii. 307 Murder and lying and theft are a damnosa hereditas left us from a time when they were legitimate institutions. 1912 J. E. C. Flitch Mod. Dancing vii. 98 Lottie Collins left a legacy of style behind her which her successors probably found to be a damnosa hereditas. 1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 7 May 357/1 He is not himself immune from the effects of a damnosa hereditas common to the species. 1935 Times Lit. Suppl. 3 Jan. 1/3 He bequeathed his resentment in a Will so complicated..that it threatened..to become the damnosa hereditas of The Times. 1938 R. G. Collingwood Princ. Art x. 214 Hume did not recognize the difference; and his failure has been a damnosa hereditas for all subsequent philosophy. 1955 Times 10 May 4/2 The rule that an executor was not compelled to accept a damnosa hereditas did not provide a reliable guide. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1848
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