beneficium cedendarum actionum
noun
beneficium ce·den·da·rum ac·ti·o·num
-ˌkā-ˌden-ˈdär-əm-ˌäk-tē-ˈō-nəm,
-ä-ˌru̇-,
-ˈō-ˌnu̇m;
-ˌsē-ˌden-ˈder-ə-ˌmak-shē-ˈō-nəm
Roman & civil law
: the right of a surety before paying a principal's debt to a creditor to insist that the creditor's cause of action against the debtor or any cosurety first be assigned to the surety making the payment
Word History
Etymology
Late Latin, right of yielding the suits