PATERNA PATERNIS

paterna paternis (p[schwa]-t[schwa]r-n[schwa] p[schwa]-t[schwa]r-nis). [Law Latin] Hist. Goods acquired through the father descend to those connected with him. • The phrase invoked the distinction between the succession of consanguinean half-brothers and uterine half-brothers. Cf. MATERNA MATERNIS.