reservatory

reservatory

(rɪˈzɜːvətərɪ)
n, pl -ries
1. any place where reserves or stores are kept, esp of food and/or water; esp, a reservoir
2. (Environmental Science) ecology a reservation (for endangered species of animals or plants)
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194, stated that "dioceses have vocation on the whole succession property of their bishops and are reservatory successors of % of that wealth, if they come into competition with sesinar successors or testamentary heirs.
Unfortunately, the ambition of the 2008 Statute of expanding this vocation, from the right of the reservatory heir over % of the monk's fortune to its entirety was made in an unlawful manner causing possible unwanted results.
Hymera juri: Quandoque bonus dormitat Homerus
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