- luctuosa haereditas
- (Civil law.) A sorrowful or mournful inheritance,–an inheritance in the ascending line, as by parents from children. 4 Kent Comm 397.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
luctuosa haereditas
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luctuosa haereditas — /laktyuwowsa hariydataes/ A mournful inheritance. See haereditas luctuosa … Black's law dictionary
luctuosa haereditas — /laktyuwowsa hariydataes/ A mournful inheritance. See haereditas luctuosa … Black's law dictionary
Haereditas nunquam ascendit — An inheritance never ascends. This very ancient maxim was recorded in writings in the time of Henry the Second and was probably of feudal origin and formed the basis of the first canon of descent that inheritances should lineally descend to the… … Ballentine's law dictionary
haereditas luctuosa — /haredataes laktyuwowsa/ A sad or mournful inheritance or succession; as that of a parent to the estate of a child, which was regarded as disturbing the natural order of mortality (turbato ordine mortalitatis). It was sometimes termed tristis… … Black's law dictionary
haereditas luctuosa — /haredataes laktyuwowsa/ A sad or mournful inheritance or succession; as that of a parent to the estate of a child, which was regarded as disturbing the natural order of mortality (turbato ordine mortalitatis). It was sometimes termed tristis… … Black's law dictionary
haereditas luctuosa — (Civil law.) A sorrowful or mournful inheritance, an inheritance in the ascending line, as by parents from children was considered as disturbing the natural order of inheritance. See 4 Kent Comm 397 … Ballentine's law dictionary
