I.a. [fides; lit., to intrust a thing to a person's good faith; hence], jurid. t. t., to leave any thing by last will and testament to be delivered to a third party, to bequeath in trust: “pater filium praedia alienare prohibuerat, sed conservare liberis et ceteris cognatis fideicommiserat,” Dig. 32, 1, 38: “avia nepotibus heredibus institutis fideicommisit, ut solida legata fratribus solverent,” ib. 35, 2, 14; 30, 1, 114, § 3: “qui intestato decedit et scit bona sua ad fiscum perventura vacantia, fidei fisci committere potest, ib. § 2: fideicommissa libertas,” given by fideicommissum, Gai. Inst. 2, 267; Dig. 40, 5, 1 sq.—Hence, fĭdĕĭcommissum , i, n., a bequest given for the benefit of a third person, by way of request, not of command; and held to be equitably due out of respect to the wish of the testator (cf. legatum): “fideicommissum est quod non civilibus verbis, sed precative relinquitur, nec ex rigore juris civilis proficiscitur, sed ex voluntate datur relinquentis,” Ulp. Fragm. 25, 1: “De fideicommissis,” Dig. 30-32; Gai. Inst. 2, 246-289; Cod. Just. 6, 42; Suet. Claud. 23; Quint. 3, 6, 70; 9, 2, 74.
fĭdĕĭ-committo (also separately fidei committo ), mīsi, missum, 3, v. n. and
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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