Also known as:accepit · acceptus · accipiens · accept · receive
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A civil-law verb denoting receipt of property or rights. The term applies especially to taking property under a will.
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Durham Rule Acquittal
Andrew Avery's will left his estate to his niece. After the probate court validated the instrument the niece did accipere the devised real property free of any claims by other heirs.
Marketable Title Dispute
Aaron Adams's will devised land to Avalon Pharmaceuticals. When the executor delivered the deed Avalon did accipere marketable title to the parcel as the sole beneficiary.
Electoral College Vote
The testator's will named his daughter as sole heir of his personal estate. Upon the executor's distribution the daughter did accipere the securities and bank accounts listed in the instrument.
The decedent's will devised a remainder interest to a charitable trust. After the court admitted the will to probate the trustee did accipere the future interest on the stated conditions.
Client Trust Accounting
The will directed that settlement funds held in trust be paid to the surviving spouse. The executor promptly delivered the funds so the spouse could accipere the amount due under the testamentary gift.
Premarital Agreement Challenge
The testator's will left the residue of the estate to a named beneficiary. Upon final distribution the beneficiary did accipere the remaining assets in accordance with the will's terms.
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Students Frequently Ask...
What does accipere mean in civil law?
The term means to receive property or rights. It applies especially when a person takes property under a will.
Does accipere require a writing in land transactions?
No. The term itself simply denotes receipt. Separate rules such as the statute of frauds may require a writing for the underlying transfer to be enforceable.
Can accipere occur without physical delivery?
Yes. In civil law a beneficiary may accipere rights under a will even though the property remains in the estate until administration.
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