Falcidian portion

Falcidian portion
Fal·cid·i·an por·tion /fȯl-'si-dē-ən-, fal-/ n [from Falcidius, Roman tribune who proposed the law passed in 40 B.C. that established the portion]: the one-fourth portion of a succession that may be retained by the instituted heir in civil law if more than three-fourths of the succession was bequeathed to other legatees compare legitime, marital portion
◇ The Falcidian portion is expressly abolished in the Louisiana Civil Code.

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  • Falcidian portion — The one fourth part of a father s property which, under the Falcidian Law of Rome, he could not dispose of by will. United States v Perkins, 163 US 625, 41 L Ed 287, 16 S Ct 1073. See Falcidian Law …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • Falcidian portion — /folsidiyan porshan/fael/ That portion of a testator s estate which, by the Falcidian law, was required to be left to the heir, amounting to at least one fourth. See also legitime …   Black's law dictionary

  • Falcidian portion — /folsidiyan porshan/fael/ That portion of a testator s estate which, by the Falcidian law, was required to be left to the heir, amounting to at least one fourth. See also legitime …   Black's law dictionary

  • marital portion — n in the civil law of Louisiana: a one fourth portion that a surviving spouse is entitled to claim from the estate of a spouse who has died rich in comparison to the surviving spouse compare disposable portion, falcidian portion, legitime …   Law dictionary

  • legitime — le·git·i·me /lə ji tə mē/ n [French, from Latin legitima ( pars ) the lawful (share)] in the civil law of Louisiana: the portion (as one fourth) of a testate succession that is reserved for a forced heir – called also forced portion; compare… …   Law dictionary

  • falcidia — /folsidiya/fslV. In Spanish law, the Falcidian portion; the portion of an inheritance which could not be legally bequeathed away from the heir, viz., onefourth …   Black's law dictionary

  • falcidia — /folsidiya/fslV. In Spanish law, the Falcidian portion; the portion of an inheritance which could not be legally bequeathed away from the heir, viz., onefourth …   Black's law dictionary

  • falcidia — The falcidian part or portion of an ancestor s estate; that is, the one fourth part of it, of which he could not, under the Falcidian Law of Rome, deprive his heir by his will …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • Legal history of wills — Wills in the Ancient WorldThe will, if not purely Roman in origin, at least owes to Roman law its complete development, a development which in most European countries was greatly aided at a later period by ecclesiastics versed in Roman law. In… …   Wikipedia

  • quarta falcidia — /kworta folsidiya/ In Roman law, that portion of a testator s estate which, by the Falcidian law, was required to be left to the heir, amounting to at least one fourth …   Black's law dictionary

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