lucrativa usucapio pro herede
lucrativa usucapio pro herede (loo-kr[schwa]-tI-v[schwa] yoo-z[y]oo-kay-pee-oh or -kap-ee-oh). [Latin] Roman law. A means of acquiring title to land that an heir has not possessed and excluding the rightful heirs by holding it for one year after the death of the landowner. • There was no requirement that the possessor act in good faith. This practice survived from primitive law. — Also termed lucrativa uscapio pro herede. See USUCAPIO.