Fidei-Commissarius

Lat. [from fidei-commissum, q. v.] In the civil law. A person who had a beneficial interest in an estate which, for a time, was committed to the faith or trust of another. Harris' Justin. Inst, quoted by Cooper, ub. infra. Halifax Anal. b.

2, c. 8.

This word answers very nearly to the cestuy que trust of the English law, but Dr. Cooper prefers anglicizing it fidei-commissary, which is also the form adopted by Dr. Brown. Cooper's Justin.

Notes *536. 1 Brown's Civ. Law, 190, note.

Mr. Justice Story prefers fideicommissary.

1 Story's Eq. Jur. § 321, note.