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aditio

noun
adi·​tio | \ ə-ˈdi-shē-ˌō\
plural -s

Definition of aditio

Roman law
: the informal acceptance by an outsider of heirship broadly : the vesting of the inheritance in an heir to a testate or intestate estate or the entering into the inheritance

First Known Use of aditio

1762, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for aditio

Late Latin, from Latin, approach, from aditus (past participle) + -io -ion

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