potestas abstinendi
noun
potestas ab·sti·nen·di
-ˌäbztəˈnen(ˌ)dē,
-ˌäpst-;
-ˌabztəˈnen(ˌ)dē,
-ˌdī
: the right granted by the praetorian law of ancient Rome to a necessary family heir to decline the inheritance
also : the power to exercise this right
called also beneficium abstinendi
Word History
Etymology
Latin, power of refusing
- record head
- record holder
- record player
- record-breaking
- record-of-performance
- record-of-production
- recordable
- recordant
- recordation
- recordations
- recordative
- recordbooks
- recorded
- recorded delivery
- recorder
- recorders
- recordership
- recorderships
- recordest
- recording
- recording agent
- recording artist
- recording head
- recording meter
- recordings