Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In civil law, a trust.
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- noun A
benefit bequeathed to a beneficiary who inherits the benefit, subject to theobligation ofbequeathing it to another.
Etymologies
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Latin fides (“faith”) + commissus (past participle of committo ("to combine / hold together")).
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Examples
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According to the Roman law, one who became heir or legates with the condition of a fideicommissum
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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[Footnote 261: For _fideicommissum_.] [Footnote 262: Augustine Herrman did not die till 1686.
Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680 Jasper Danckaerts 1898
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