provisione legis
provisione legis (pr[schwa]-vizh-ee-oh-nee lee-jis). [Law Latin] Hist. By provision of law. “Heirs who succeed according to the rules of law regulating succession, without the consent or appointment of their ancestor, are said to succeed provisione legis, and are known as heirs-at-law.” John Trayner, Trayner’s Latin Maxims 494 (4th ed. 1894).