“In the general case, an heir who succeeds to an estate, incurs by his succession liability for the debts and obli-gations of his ancestor …. But if the heir succeeding to the estate can take it up in a different character from that of heir of the last proprietor, if he be alioqui successurus, such liability is not incurred.” John Trayner, Trayner’s Latin Maxims 38 (4th ed. 1894).
alioqui successurus
alioqui successurus (ay-lee-oh-kwI s[schwa]k-ses-[schwa]-r[schwa]s). [Latin] Hist. (Of an heir) otherwise entitled to succeed. • The phrase appeared in reference to an heir who would have succeeded to the property by law, even without a deed granting succession rights. — Also spelled alioquin successurus.
