fideicommissarius

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

fĭdĕĭcommissārĭus, a, um, adj. [fidei-committo], of or belonging to a fideicommissum or feoffment in trust.

I Adj. : hereditas, Just. Inst. 2, 23; Dig. 31, 1, 77, § 24: libertas, ib. 40, 5; 26, 2, 32; Cod. Just. 7, 4, 9: epistola, in which a fideicommissum is created , Dig. 32, 1, 37, § 3: praetor, that takes cognizance of such feoffments , Ulp. Regul. tit. 25.—

II Subst.: fideicommis-sarius , ii, m. (sc. heres), one who receives an inheritance through a fideicommissum , a feoffee in trust , Dig. 32, 1, 11.