profectitious

1. (law) Proceeding from, or as if from, a parent; derived, as from an ancestor.Examples: "The threefold distinction of profectitious, adventitious, and professional was ascertained."; "A "profectitious" dowry (dos profecticia) comes from a woman's paternal ascendant (usually her father and pater familias, but the same rules would apply even if she were emancipated); its main characteristic is that it can be reclaimed if a wife predeceases her husband."; "And I say that this is not true, alleging lex Quaesitum, which proves that, with regard to the father, what passes from grandfather to grandson, is regarded as adventitious, not profectitious."not-comparable