In Spanish law. A piece of land under cultivation; a cultivated farm, real estate; an inheritance or heirship. Heredad yucente. From Lat. “haereditas jacens,” (q. v.) In Spanish law. An inheritance not yet entered upon or appropriated. White, New Recop. b. 2, tit. 19, c 2, s 8.
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