Institutio Haeredis
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
Lat. In Ro- 5 manlaw, Theappointment of the Aresin the ll.
Jt corresponds very nearly to the nomtion of an executor in English law. Withsuch an appointment the will was void atlaw, but the pretor (7. e., equity) would, ‘under certain circumstances, carry out the intentions of the testator.
Brown.