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Definition of Falcidian law

Falcidian law
Falcidian Fal*cid"i*an, a. [L. Falcidius.] Of or pertaining to Publius Falcidius, a Roman tribune. Falcidian law (Civil Law), a law by which a testator was obliged to leave at least a fourth of his estate to the heir. --Burrill.

Meaning of Falcidian law from wikipedia

- Legatis, a law on inheritance which remained in force in the sixth century CE, since it was incorporated by Justinian in the Institutes. Under this law, legacies...
- of the value of life annuities rose out of the requirements of the Falcidian law, which in 40 B.C. was adopted in the Roman Empire, and which declared...
- period of Roman law the heir must also have had his Falcidian fourth in order to induce him to accept the inheritance. In English law all wills must conform...
- systematic commentary on the lex Julia de vicesima hereditatium, an Augustan law of 6 AD that put a 5 percent tax on inheritances. Despite its many numbers...