benefit of inventory

benefit of inventory. Civil law. The principle that an heir’s liability for estate debts is limited to the value of what is inherited, if the heir so elects and files an inventory of the estate’s assets. — Also termed bénéfice d’inventaire. [Cases: Descent and Distribution 119. C.J.S. Descent and Distribution §§ 112, 114, 123.]

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资深译员王漾，毕业于一所旨在培养高级翻译专业人才的翻译院校，擅长翻译各类与雇主商业秘密相关的法律文件。