fideicommissum

noun

1. A benefit bequeathed to a beneficiary who inherits the benefit, subject to the obligation of bequeathing it to another.

   I bequeath my farm to my brother John on condition that he bequeath it to his son Peter. The farm is entailed or burdened by a fideicommissum.

Where it comes from

Latin fidei (“trust”) (genitive) + commissum, from committō (“give, entrust”), from con- + mittō (“to send”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry fideicommissum (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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