Cretio
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cretio · cernere · formal declaration of acceptance
in the texts
Institutes of Roman Law
The formal, time-limited procedure by which an instituted heir declares acceptance of an inheritance.
Omnis autem cretio certo tempore constringitur.
ideo autem cretio appellata est, quia cernere est quasi decernere et constituere.
Et qui ita heres institutus est, si uelit heres esse, debebit intra diem cretionis cernere, id est haec uerba dicere qvod me p.