Falcidian Portion

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

That portion of a testator's estate which, by the Falcidian law, was required to be left to the heir, amounting to at least one-fourth. Civ. Code La. art. 1608; 1 White, New Recop. 106. FALDA (Spanish). The slope or skirt of a hill. 2 Wall. (U. S.) 673. In Old English Law. A sheep fold; the liberty of faldage, or setting up in a field a movable pen for sheep.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

The fourth of a succession which the testamentary heir was authorized to retain if the legacies absorbed more than three-fourths of it. See Civ. Code La. 1900.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

That portion of a testator's estate which, by the Falcldian law, was required to be left to the heir, amounting to at least one-fourth.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

That portion of a testator’s estate which, by the Falcidian law, was required to be left to the heir, amounting to at least one-fourth.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

In the civil law. That portion of a testator's estate which by the Falcidian law (q. v.) was required to be left to the heir, amounting to at least one-fourth. Hallifax Anal. b. 2, ch. 7, num. 18, 19. Civil Code of Louis. art. 1608. 1 White's Recop. 106.