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descendants your descendants are those born of you and
your children and their children, and so on
doctrine of stare decisis also known as the precedent system, to stand
by previous judgments
emancipatus emancipated minor
error mistake
error in negotio where there is a mistake regarding the
nature of a juristic act
error in persona where there is mistaken identity regarding a
person
ex abundanti cautela for the sake of greater caution
ex lege by operation of the law
(ex) mero motu spontaneously; of own accord
ex parte as the only interested party
ex post facto seen in retrospect; in hindsight
facta probanda facts which must be proved to substantiate
the cause of action
facta probantia facts which prove the facta probanda
family law that part of private law which deals with the
law regulating the legal relationship between
spouses, the legal relationship between
parent and child, and the legal
relationship between a guardian or curator
and the person who is subject to guardianship
or curatorship
fideicommissum where the testator leaves property to a
person (the fiduciary) subject to the duty of
handing it over in full ownership to another
person (the fideicommissary) at a certain time
or upon the fulfilment of a certain condition
forfeiture of patrimonial
benefits
a spouse loses the claim he or she has to the
assets of the other spouse (does not lose his
or her own property)
functus officio no longer functioning in an official capacity
guardianship the capacity of a person to administer a
child's estate on his or her behalf and to
assist the child in the performance of juristic
acts
genus class
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