Jus Abstinendi
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
The right of renunciation ; the right of an heir, under the Roman law, to renounce or decline the inheritance, as, for example, where his acceptance, in consequence of the necessity of paying the debts, would make it a burden to him.
See Mackeld.
Rom. Law, § 733.