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inofficious a. 無職務的,無用的,不盡道德上義務的 無職務的,無用的,不盡道德上義務的 Inofficious \ In` of* fi" cious\, a. [ L. inofficiosus: cf. F. inofficieux. See { In-} not, and { Officious}.] 1. Indifferent to obligation or duty. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] Thou drown' st thyself in inofficious sleep. -- B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Not officious; not civil or attentive. [ Obs.] -- Jonhson. [ 1913 Webster] 3. ( Law) Regardless of natural obligation; contrary to natural duty; unkind; -- commonly said of a testament made without regard to natural obligation, or by which a child is unjustly deprived of inheritance. " The inofficious testament." -- Blackstone. " An inofficious disposition of his fortune." -- Paley. [ 1913 Webster] INOFFICIOUS, civil law. This word is frequently used with others; as, inofficious testament, inofficiosum testamentum; inofficious gift, donatio inofficiosa. An inofficious testament is one not made according to the rules of piety; that is, one made by which the testator has unlawfully omitted or disinherited one of his heirs. Such a disposition is void by the Roman civil law. Dig. 5, 2, 5; see Code, 3, 29; Nov. 115; Ayl. Pand. 405; Civil Code of Lo. art. 3522, n. 21.
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