Familiæ Emptor
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In Roman law. An intermediate person who purchased the aggregate inheritance when sold per aes et libram, in the process of making a will under the Twelve Tables. This purchaser was merely a man of straw, transmitting the inheritance to the haeres proper. Brown. FAMILIAE ERCISCUNDAE (Lat.)
In civil law. An action which lay for any of the coheirs for the division of what fell to them by inheritance. Stair, Inst. lib. 1, tit. 7, § 15.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In Roman law. An intermediate person who purchased the aggregate, inheritanco when sold per œs et libram, in the process of making a will under the Twelve Tables. This purchaser was merely a man of straw, transmitting the inheritance to the hœres proper. Brown.