fideicommissum

词形变化

fideicommissa 复数 fideicommissa

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A benefit bequeathed to a beneficiary who inherits the benefit, subject to the obligation of bequeathing it to another.

    I bequeath my farm to my brother John on condition that he bequeath it to his son Peter. The farm is entailed or burdened by a fideicommissum.

词源

Latin fides (“faith”) + commissus, past participle of committo (“to combine/hold together”).

来源：wiktionary