Lat. In the civil law . A coming in place of another, on his decease; a coming into the estate which a deceased person had at the time of his death. This was either by virtue of an express appointment of the deceased person by his ivill, ( ex testamento ,) or by the general appointment of law in case of intcstacy, (ab intestato.) Inst 2, 9, 7; Ileinecc. Elern. lib. 2, tit 10.
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