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Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.

Haereditas est successio in universum jus quod defunctus habuerat

Inheritance is the succession to every right possessed by the late possessor.

Haereditas nihil aliud est quam successio in universum jus, quod defunctus habuerat.

The right of inheritance is nothing other than the faculty of succeeding to all the rights of the deceased.

successio in universum jus

[Latin "succession to universal right"] Roman law. The succession on death of the entirety of a deceased person's assets and liabilities. See HEREDITAS JACENS.