RES ALIENA SCIENTER LEGATA

By SovConn | August 27, 2018

 

res aliena scienter legata (rays ay-lee-ee-n<<schwa>> [or al-ee-] sI-en-t<< schwa>>r

l<<schwa>>-gay-t<<schwa>>). [Latin] Hist. The property of another knowingly bequeathed —

that is, property that a testator did not own but purported to bequeath by will. [Blacks Law 8th]

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