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fi•de•i•com•mis•sum
(fī′dē ī kə mis′əm),USA pronunciation n., pl. -mis•sa (-mis′ə).USA pronunciation [Civil Law.]
- a request by a decedent that the heir or legatee to the estate convey a specified part of the estate to another person, or permit another person to enjoy such a part.
- Late Latin fideī commissum entrusted to faith, equivalent. to fideī, dative singular of fidēs faith + commissum, past participle of committere to commit
- 1720–30
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