profectitious

English

Etymology

From Latin prōfectitius, from prōficiscor (“set out, proceed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpɹɒfɪkˈtɪʃəs/, /ˌpɹəʊfɛkˈtɪʃəs/

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Adjective

profectitious (not comparable)

1. (law) Proceeding from, or as if from, a parent; derived, as from an ancestor.
   • 1776–1788, Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: […] W[illiam] Strahan; and T[homas] Cadell, […], →OCLC:

     The threefold distinction of profectitious, adventitious, and professional was ascertained.

   • 2004, Bruce W. Frier, ‎Thomas A. J. McGinn, ‎Thomas A. McGinn, A Casebook on Roman Family Law, page 76:

     A "profectitious" dowry (dos profecticia) comes from a woman's paternal ascendant (usually her father and pater familias, but the same rules would apply even if she were emancipated); its main characteristic is that it can be reclaimed if a wife predeceases her husband.

   • 2020, Osvaldo Cavallar, ‎Julius Kirshner, Jurists and Jurisprudence in Medieval Italy, page 657:

     And I say that this is not true, alleging lex Quaesitum, which proves that, with regard to the father, what passes from grandfather to grandson, is regarded as adventitious, not profectitious.