aditio

noun

adi·​tio

ə-ˈdi-shē-ˌō

plural -s

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

Word History

Etymology

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

First Known Use

1762, in the meaning defined above

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