Profectitious

Quick meaning: Profectitious is an adjective meaning (law) Proceeding from, or as if from, a parent; derived, as from an ancestor.

Meaning

(law) Proceeding from, or as if from, a parent; derived, as from an ancestor.

Example Sentences

The threefold distinction of profectitious, adventitious, and professional was ascertained.

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.

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.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include predecessorial, predecessory, precursory, preterient, predecessive, precursive.

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