限げん定てい承しょう認にん

noun

qualified acceptance; acceptance with limited liability

A legal term under Japanese inheritance law where an heir accepts an inheritance but limits their liability for the deceased's debts to the value of the inherited assets.

• 相そう続ぞく人にんが限げん定てい承しょう認にんを選せん択たくすると、相そう続ぞく財ざい産さんの範はん囲い内ないでのみ借しゃっ金きんを返へん済さいすればよい。

  If the heir chooses qualified acceptance, they only need to repay debts within the limits of the inherited assets.