FAMILIAE EMPTOR

familiae emptor (f[schwa]-mil-ee-ee emp-tor). [Latin “estate purchaser”] Roman law. A trustee who received an inheritance by a fictitious purchase and distributed it as the testator instructed. — Also termed emptor familiae. See mancipatory will under WILL. “At some date, probably long before the XII Tables, men on the point of death, unable to make a […]