fideicommissum

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noun

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.”

OriginLatin fidei →
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Meanings

nounfideicommissum (plural fideicommissa)

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

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
fideicommissfideicommission

Origin

  1. Latinfidei“trust”
  2. Englishfideicommissum

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

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Translations

Catalan fideïcomís
  • fideïcomísbenefit
Danish fideikommis
  • fideikommisbenefit
Finnish fideikomissi
  • fideikomissibenefit
French fidéicommis
  • fidéicommisbenefit
German Fideikommiss
  • Fideikommissbenefit
Latin fideicommissum
  • fideicommissumbenefit
Polish fideikomis
  • fideikomisbenefit
Portuguese fideicomisso
  • fideicomissobenefit
Spanish fideicomiso, fidecomiso
  • fideicomisobenefit
  • fidecomisobenefit
Cite this entry
APA

fideicommissum. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fideicommissum

MLA

“fideicommissum.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fideicommissum. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fideicommissum,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fideicommissum.

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