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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Spanish law, one fourth of an inheritance. It legally belongs to the heir. To protect it the heir has the right to reduce legacies to three fourth parts of the succession.
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_ [Text (red)]: In no_m_i_n_e d_omi_ni n_ost_ri ih_es_u chr_ist_i. de heredib_us_ et falcidia _con_st_ituti_o prima si heres legata soluere noluerit Incipit co_n_stitutio Imp_er_atoris Iustiniani.a. Ioha_n_ni p_a_pe secu_n_do.
Catalogue of the William Loring Andrews Collection of Early Books in the Library of Yale University Addison Van Name
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