Meaning of profectitious | Babel Free

Definitions

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

not-comparable

Examples

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

“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.”

“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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