Beneficium inventarii (literally benefit of the inventory) is a legal doctrine introduced into Roman law by Justinian I to limit the liability of heirs...

Justinian introduced a rule called "the privilege of inventory" (beneficium inventarii), according to which, if an heir began making an inventory of the...

This limitation of liability is generally termed by the civilians beneficium inventarii. Something like the English probate is to be found in the rules...