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Haredipetsl

A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891

A Dictionary of Law

Lat.

In old English law

A seeker of an inheritance; hence, the next heir to lands. Heredipetae suo propinquo vel extraneo periculoso sane custodi nullus committatur. To the next heir, whether a relation or a stranger, certainly a dangerous guardian, let no one be committed.

Co. Litt. 88b.