profectitious

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English

Etymology

From Latin prōfectitius, from prōficiscor (“set out, proceed”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌpɹɒfɪkˈtɪʃəs/, /ˌpɹəʊfɛkˈtɪʃəs/
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Adjective

profectitious (not comparable)

  1. (law) Proceeding from, or as if from, a parent; derived, as from an ancestor.
    • 1776–1788, Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: W Strahan; and T Cadell, , →OCLC:
      The threefold distinction of profectitious, adventitious, and professional was ascertained.
    • 2004, Bruce W. Frier, ‎Thomas A. J. McGinn, ‎Thomas A. McGinn, A Casebook on Roman Family Law, page 76:
      A "profectitious" dowry (dos profecticia) comes from a woman's paternal ascendant (usually her father and pater familias, but the same rules would apply even if she were emancipated); its main characteristic is that it can be reclaimed if a wife predeceases her husband.
    • 2020, Osvaldo Cavallar, ‎Julius Kirshner, Jurists and Jurisprudence in Medieval Italy, page 657:
      And I say that this is not true, alleging lex Quaesitum, which proves that, with regard to the father, what passes from grandfather to grandson, is regarded as adventitious, not profectitious.
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