Lex Falcidia
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lex Falcidia · Falcidian fourth · Falcidian law · quarta Falcidia
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Institutes of Roman Law
Law of 40 B.C. prohibiting bequest of more than three-fourths of an estate, guaranteeing the heir a Falcidian quarter; still in force at time of writing.
At last, the lex Falcidia was enacted, prohibiting the bequest of more than three fourths of an estate, in other words, securing for the heir one fourth of the inheritance, and this is the rule of law now in force.
The words limiting the operation of the lex Falcidia to wills executed after the date of its enactment take this law out of the general rule respecting the temporal limits of the application of laws in the event of legislative innovations.
Some illustrations of the joint operation of the lex Falcidia and the Sc.