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Hacres ex asse

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

In the civil law. An heir to the whole estate; a sole heir.

Inst. 2, 23, 9.

Hœres extranens

In the civil law. A strange or foreign heir; one who was not subject to the power of the testator, or person who made him heir. Qui testatoris juri subjecti non sunt, extranei hœredes appellantur.

Inst. 2, 19, 3.

Hœres factns

In the civil law. An heir made by will; a testamentary heir; the person created universal successor by will. Story, Co.nfl.

Laws, § 507; 3 BL Comm. 224.

Otherwise called "hœres et testamento," and "hœres institutus." , Inst. 2, 9, 7; Id. 2, 14.

Hœres fideicommissarius

In the civil law. The person for whose benefit an estate was given to another (termed "hœres fiduciarius," (q. v.) by will. Inst. 2, 23, 6, 7, 9. Answering nearly to the cestui que trust of the English law.