Lex Falcidia
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
civil law. The name of a law which permitted a testator to dispose of three-fourths cf his property, but he could not derive his heir of the other fourth. t was made during the reign of Augustus about the year of Rome, 714, on the requisition of Falcidius, a tribune.
Inst. 2, 22; Dig. 35, 2; Code, 6, 50; and Nov. 1 and 131.
Vide article Legittme, and