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Fideicommissum multiplex
“Multiple fideicommissum.”
Legal term
Translation
What does “Fideicommissum multiplex” mean?
Fideicommissum multiplex translates as “Multiple fideicommissum.”
It is a fideicommissum in which property passes in turn to a series of successive beneficiaries. It was used to keep estates in families over generations.
Origin
The story behind it
A term of Roman-Dutch and South African succession law built on the Roman fideicommissum.
When to use it
How to use “Fideicommissum multiplex”
Useful in a family-estate plan that has to look several generations ahead.
- Latin
- Fideicommissum multiplex
- English
- Multiple fideicommissum.
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- Family
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