INSTITUTIO HEREDIS

By SovConn | June 22, 2013

institutio heredis (in-sti-t[y]oo-shee-oh h<<schwa>>-ree-dis). [Latin] Roman law. The naming of an heir, which was essential to the validity of a will; specif., the designation in a will of a person as the testator’s heir. — Also termed heredis institutio.

[Blacks Law 8th]

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