Legal Definitions - heredes alioqui successuri

HEREDES ALIOQUI SUCCESSURI

Heirs entitled otherwise to succeed.

Also termed heredes alioquin successuri.

• If a person dies without a will, their heredes alioqui successuri would be their closest living relatives who would inherit their estate.
• In Roman law, heredes alioquin successuri were heirs who were not related to the deceased by blood or adoption, but were named in the will as beneficiaries.

These examples illustrate that heredes alioqui successuri are heirs who are entitled to inherit the estate of a deceased person, but are not the closest living relatives or heirs by blood or adoption. They may be named in a will or determined by law if there is no will.