# fideicommissum

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A benefit bequeathed to a beneficiary who inherits the benefit, subject to the obligation of bequeathing it to another.

## Etymology
Latin fides (“faith”) + commissus, past participle of committo (“to combine/hold together”).

## Source
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