| 单词 | falcidian portion |
| 释义 | > as lemmasFalcidian portion In Falcidian law (Lex Falcidia), a law carried by P. Falcidius, which ordained that no Roman citizen should bequeath more than three-fourths of his estate away from his legal heirs. Hence Falcidian portion the fourth part thus reserved. ΘΚΠ society > law > types of laws > [noun] > inheritance or property Salic law1548 agrarian1656 Falcidian law1656 deathbed1681 gavel-act1803 society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > succession > [noun] > descent by inheritance > that which is inherited > residue of an estate > specific cross remainders1703 Falcidian portion1788 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Falcidian Law, a Law among the Romans so called, because made in the time of the Consulship of Falcidius: which Law intreated of the liberty, which every Citizen of Rome ought to have in the disposition of his own goods. 1756 G. Harris tr. Justinian Institutions ii. xxii. 105 The Falcidian law was at length enacted. 1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall IV. xliv. 391 His successor..was empowered to retain the Falcidian portion. < as lemmas |
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