The Collaborative International Dictionary
Falcidian
Falcidian \Fal*cid"i*an\, a. [L. Falcidius.] Of or pertaining to Publius Falcidius, a Roman tribune.
Falcidian law (Civil Law), a law by which a testator was
obliged to leave at least a fourth of his estate to the
heir.
--Burrill.
Usage examples of "falcidian".
But as the imprudence or prodigality of a dying man might exhaust the inheritance, and leave only risk and labor to his successor, he was empowered to retain the Falcidian portion.
The Falcidian law became useless: for if the testator had a mind to favor his heir, the latter had no need of the Falcidian law.