Legal Definitions - nominandus

Term: Nominandus
Definition: In Scots law, nominandus means to be named. This term is usually used to refer to an heir who can be named by the entailer if the right to name is reserved in the deed of entail. For example, if a person creates a trust and reserves the right to name the beneficiaries, then the beneficiaries are nominandus. This term is important in Scots law because it determines who has the right to name the beneficiaries or heirs.