- In haeredes non solent transire actiones quae poenales ex maleficio sunt
- Actions which are penal and which arise out of the commission of crime do not pass to the heirs.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
In haeredes non solent transire actiones quae poenales ex maleficio sunt
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