A Latin legal term referring to the acceptance or assumption of an inheritance or estate.
Latin aditio from adire meaning 'to approach' or 'to enter upon.' In Roman law, aditio hereditatis meant the formal acceptance of an inheritance; the word was used by legal scholars but never widely adopted into English.
Roman law created this word because inheritance wasn't automatic—heirs had to formally enter into the role, and this single word captured that entire legal concept, which is why it appears in classical legal texts but rarely in modern English.
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