See also:

• INVENTORY (post-class. Lat. inventarium, a list or repertory, from invenire to find)

INVENTORY (See also:

• POST

post-class. See also:

• LAT

Lat. inventarium, a See also:

• LIST (O.E. lisle, a Teutonic word, cf. Dut. lust, Ger. Leiste, adapted in Ital. lista and Fr. lisle)
• LIST, FRIEDRICH (1789-1846)

list or repertory, from invenire to find)  , a detailed See also:

• LIST (O.E. lisle, a Teutonic word, cf. Dut. lust, Ger. Leiste, adapted in Ital. lista and Fr. lisle)
• LIST, FRIEDRICH (1789-1846)

list, See also:

• SCHEDULE

schedule or enumeration in See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

writing, of goods and chattels, credits and debts, and some-times also of lands and tenements . (i) In See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, perhaps its earliest, and certainly its most important 718 use has been in connexion with the See also:

• DOCTRINE

doctrine of " benefit of See also:

• INVENTORY (post-class. Lat. inventarium, a list or repertory, from invenire to find)

inventory," derived by many legal systems from the beneficium inventarii of See also:

• ROMAN

Roman law, according to which an See also:

• HEIR (Lat. heres, from a root meaning to grasp, seen in heres or erus, master of a house, Gr. xeip, hand, Sans. hat ana, hand)

heir might enter on his ancestor's See also:

• INHERITANCE

inheritance without being liable for the debts attaching to it or to the claims of legatees beyond the value—previously ascertained by " inventory "—of the See also:

• ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate . The benefit of inventory exists in Scots law, in See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France (See also:

• BENEFICE (Lat. beneficium, benefit)

benefice d'inventaire), in See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, See also:

• MAURITIUS

Mauritius (See also:

• CIVIL

Civil See also:

• CODE (Lat. codex)

Code, See also:

• ART

Art . 774), See also:

• QUEBEC

Quebec (Civil Code, Art . 66o), St See also:

• LUCIA (or LucY), ST

Lucia (Civil Code, Art . 585), See also:

• LOUISIANA

Louisiana (Civil Code, Arts . 1025 et seq.), and under the Roman Dutch law in See also:

• CEYLON

Ceylon . In See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa benefit of inventory is superseded by See also:

• LOCAL

local legislation . (ii.) In many systems of law, the See also:

• DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty is imposed on executors and administrators of making an " inventory " of the estate of the testator or intestate, in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order to secure the See also:

• PROPERTY

property to the persons entitled to it . In See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England this duty was created by See also:

• STATUTE

statute in 1529 . In See also:

• MODERN

modern practice an inventory is not made unless called for, but the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court may order it ex officio, and will do so on the application of any really interested party . Similar provisions for an inventory of the estate of deceased persons are made in Scots law (See also:

• PROBATE

Probate and See also:

• LEGACY (Lat. legatum)

Legacy Duties See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act 18o8 (s .

38), and Executors (See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland) Act 'goo (s . 5), and in most of the See also:

• BRITISH

British colonies . In Scotland, See also:

• PRIOR (from Lat. prior—former, and hence superior, through O. Fr. priour)
• PRIOR, MATTHEW (1664-1721)

prior to the See also:

• FINANCE

Finance Act 1894 (which imposed a tax, called " estate duty," on the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal value of all property, heritable or movable, passing on See also:

• DEATH

death), the See also:

• STAMP (from " to stamp," to strike or tread heavily, hence to impress, O. Eng. stempen, Du. stampen, Ger. stampfen, whence, O. Fr. estamper, mod. etamper)

stamp duty on movable property was termed " inventory duty." In the See also:

• UNITED

United States, the duty of preparing an inventory is generally imposed on executors and administrators; see See also:

• KENT
• KENT, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• KENT, JAMES (1763-1847)
• KENT, WILLIAM (1685-1748)

Kent, Commentaries on See also:

• AMERICAN

American Law (new ed., 1896), ii . 414, 415; and cf . Gen . Stats. of See also:

• CONNECTICUT

Connecticut, 1888, s . 578; New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York Stats. s . 2714; New See also:

• JERSEY
• JERSEY, EARLS OF

Jersey (Orphans Court, s . 58) . (iii.) An analogous duty of preparing an " inventory " is imposed in many countries on guardians and curators . In Scotland judicial factors are charged with a similar statutory duty (Act of See also:

• SEDERUNT, ACT OF

Sederunt, Nov . 25th, 1857, under the See also:

• BANKRUPTCY (from Lat. bancus or Fr. banquet table or counter, and Lat. ruptus, broken)

Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1856) as regards the estate of insolvent debtors .

(iv.) In Scots law, the See also:

• TERM

term " inventory " is also applied to a list of documents made up for any purpose, e.g. the inventory of See also:

• PROCESS

process or the inventory of documents, in an See also:

• ACTION

action, and the inventory of See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title-deeds produced on a judicial See also:

• SALE
• SALE, GEORGE (c. 1697-1736)
• SALE, SIR ROBERT HENRY (1782—1845)

sale of lands . (v.) In England an " inventory " of the See also:

• PERSONAL

personal chattels comprised in the See also:

• SECURITY (Lat. securus, free from care, safe)

security is required to be annexed to a See also:

• BILL

bill of sale (Bills of Sale Act 1882, s . 5) . See also EXECUTORS AND ADMINISTRATORS .