单词 | adiate |
释义 | adiatev. Law (chiefly South African). transitive. In Roman-Dutch law: to accept (an inheritance) as an heir or (in South Africa) a beneficiary of a will. ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > testamentary disposition > bequeath by will [verb (transitive)] > accept as beneficiary of will adiate1831 1831 J. W. Knapp Rep. Cases Privy Council I. Index 419/1 In a colony governed by the Dutch law, executors who take no beneficial interest under a will do not, by entering into possession, or adiating the property of a testator, make themselves liable as heirs to the payment of all his debts. 1845 C. Herbert tr. Grotius Introd. Dutch Jurispr. ii. xx. 143 An instituted heir, who adiates freely [Du. vrijwillig aengaende] the inheritance, may deduct therefrom a fourth part. 1896 H. H. Juta Sel. Leading Cases ii. 111 If the survivor has adiated and accepted benefits under the will. 1915 R. 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. 1960 J. J. L. Sisson S. Afr. Judicial Dict. 22 The instituted heir was not bound to accept the inheritance; he might repudiate it, or take time to deliberate, or adiate it. 2004 N. Swart Personal Financial Managem. (ed. 2) vi. 108/1 A..document from the surviving spouse, indicating whether the testamentary stipulations in the case of a joint will are adiated or repudiated by the surviving spouse. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1831 |
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