English Explanatory Dictionary

benefit of inventory

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A legal privilege whereby an heir secured himself against unlimited liability for his ancestor, by giving up within the annus deliberandi an inventory of his heritage or real estate, which then represented the maximum extent to which he was liable.

Word forms

benefit of inventory
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