fideicommissum

English

Etymology

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

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

Related terms

• fideicommissarius
• fideicommissary
• fideicommissioner

Translations

benefit

• Catalan: fideïcomís (ca) m
• Finnish: fideikomissi (fi)
• French: fidéicommis (fr) m
• Latin: fideicommissum n
• Polish: fideikomis (pl) m
• Portuguese: fideicomisso (pt) m
• Spanish: fideicomiso (es) m

See also

• usufruct