Co Emptio - Definition - Law Dictionary Home Dictionary Definition co-emptio

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Co-emptio, the sale of a wife to a husband, Civil Law. Consult Colquhoun's Roman Civil Law, vol. i s. 558.

Roman Law. A form of civil marriage in which the husband 'purchased' from a women's father -- by fictitious sale -- the right to exercise marital power over the women, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.