English Dictionary

mort d'ancestor

名詞

廃用 不可算名詞

(law, obsolete) A case or writ relating to the recovery of an inherited estate that has been taken or occupied by another party following the death of a relative.

日本語の意味

遺産の相続に関して、相続人の死亡後に他者によって取得または占拠された相続財産の回復を目的とする訴訟または法的文書（法律用語、古語）

After the landlord seized the farm, the heirs filed a mort d'ancestor to recover the ancestral lands.

家主が農場を差し押さえた後、相続人たちは先祖の遺産の回復を求める訴状を提出した。

意味（1）

(law, obsolete) A case or writ relating to the recovery of an inherited estate that has been taken or occupied by another party following the death of a relative.

If the abatement happened upon the death of the demandant’s father or mother, brother or sister, uncle or aunt, nephew or niece, the remedy is by an assize of mort d’ancestor, or the death of one’s ancestor.