MATERNA MATERNIS
Categories: Property
Definition (1910 Edition)
Origin: French
Lat. A maxim of the French law, signifying that property of a decedent acquired by him through his mother descends to the relations on the mother’s side. l
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain.
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