fideicommissum

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations 1.2.2 Related terms

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Noun

fideicommissum (plural fideicommissa)

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 bequeaths it to his son Peter. The farm is entailed or burdened by a fideicommissum.

[edit] Translations

• Portuguese: fideicomisso m.
• Spanish: fideicomiso m.

[edit] Related terms

• fideicommissary
• fideicommissarius
• usufruct