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Annus deliberandi

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

The year which the Scotch law gives the heir to determine whether he will take an inheritance.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In Scotch law. A year of deliberating; a year to deliberate. The year allowed by law to the heir to deliberate whether he will enter and represent his ancestor. It commences on the death of the ancestor, uniess in the case of a posthumous heir, when the year runs from his birth. Bell.

Defined under Annus in Black's Law Dictionary.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

In Scotch law. A year of deliberating; a year to deliberate. The year allowed by law to the heir to deliberate whether he will enter and represent his ancestor. It commences on the death of the ancestor, unless in the case of a posthumous heir, when the year runs from his birth. Bell.