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Falcidian law

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 law".

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.