-_kəˈmisəm noun
( plural fideicommis·sa -sə)
Etymology: Late Latin, from neuter of fideicommissus, past participle of fideicommittere to bequeath in trust, from fidei (gen. of fides faith, trust) + committere to connect, entrust — more at faith , commit
1. : a gift under Roman law of property stipulated by the donor to be transferred by the donee at a given time or upon a stated condition to a third person for his benefit and made between living persons in contemplation of death or by will
2. : the substantial equivalent of a gift to a donee under civil law upon a trust created to transfer the property to another — compare substitution