Etymology

fideicommissum

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Today it means: A benefit bequeathed to a beneficiary who inherits the benefit, subject to the obligation of bequeathing it to another. Full definition →

Latin fidei
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  1. Latin · derived fromfidei“trust”
  2. English todayfideicommissum

Latin fidei (“trust”) (genitive) + commissum, from committō (“give, entrust”), from con- + mittō (“to send”).

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