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accretion 1 : the process or a result of growth or enlargement: as a : the increase or extension of the boundaries of land or the consequent acquisition of land accruing to the owner by the gradual or imperceptible action of natural forces (as by the washing up of sand or soil from the sea or a river or by a gradual recession of the water from the usual watermark) ;also : accession in which the boundaries of land are enlarged by this process compare avulsion, reliction b : increase in the amount or extent of any kind of property or in the value of any property [s to a trust fund resulting from the increase in value of…securities in which its corpus is invested "In re Estate of Gartenlaub, 244 P. 348 (1926)"] NOTE: Accretion in value of the principal of a trust is generally not considered income. c : enlargement of a bargaining unit by the addition of new employees 2 in the civil law of Louisiana : the passing to an heir or conjoint legatee of the right to accept a porti...

collation

collation [French, from Latin collatio bonorum (in Roman law) contribution made by emancipated heirs to an estate under an intestate succession, literally, bringing together of goods] in the civil law of Louisiana : the actual or supposed return of goods to the mass of the succession that is made by an heir who received property in advance for the purpose of having the property divided with the rest of the succession compare hotchpot NOTE: Children and grandchildren of a decedent must return anything that they received in advance by donation inter vivos. Further, they cannot claim legacies made to them unless made expressly by the decedent as an advantage over their coheirs to be received besides their portion of the succession. Donations made to a grandchild by a grandparent during the life of the child's father are not subject to collation. A collation may be made in kind by the actual delivering up of the thing given, or by taking less from the succession in proportion to the v...

patrimony

patrimony pl: -nies [Middle French patrimonie, from Latin patrimonium, from patr- pater father] 1 : an estate inherited from one's father or ancestor [to deprive her and her coheirs of their "Wells Fargo Bank v. Kincaid, 260 Cal. App. 2d 120 (1968)"] 2 : an estate or endowment belonging to a church [the property of a dissolved parish shall pass to the of the diocese] 3 in the civil law of Louisiana : the net assets of a person : the sum of a person's assets and liabilities [reimbursement shall be made from the of the spouse who owes reimbursement "Louisiana Civil Code"] ...

retrocession

retrocession [French rétrocession, from Medieval Latin retrocessio retreat, from Late Latin, act of going back, from Latin retrocedere to go back] 1 : the return of title to property to its former or true owner ;specif in the civil law of Louisiana : the return to a decedent's heirs of property of the decedent that had been sold or assigned by coheirs NOTE: An heir's right to retrocession has been repealed. 2 : the act of ceding back something (as jurisdiction) 3 a : the process by which all or part of the risks assumed in an insurance contract are reassigned or ceded by a reinsurer to another insurance company b : the amount reassigned or ceded ...

Coheir

A joint heir one of two or more heirs one of several entitled to an inheritance...

Coheirship

The state of being a coheir...

Coinheritor

A coheir...

Parcener

A coheir or one of two or more persons to whom an estate of inheritance descends jointly and by whom it is held as one estate...

Parage or Paragium

Parage or Paragium, an equality of blood or dignity; but more especially of land, in the partition of an inheritance between coheirs; more properly, however, an equality of condition among nobles, or persons holding by a noble tenure. Thus, when a fiet is divided among brothers, the younger hold their part of the elder by parage, i.e., without any homage or service. Also the portion which a woman may obtain on her marriage....

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