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The act of setting free from the power of another from slavery subjection dependence or controlling influence also the state of being thus set free the act or process of emancipation or the state thereby achieved liberation as the emancipation of slaves the emancipation of minors the emancipation of a person from prejudices the emancipation of the mind from superstition the emancipation of a nation from tyranny or subjection...
Emancipation
Emancipation. A solemn act by which a pater-familias divests himself of his power over his filius-familias, so that the filus-familias may become sui juris. There are three forms of emancipatio: (1) The old emancipation, which was by several man-cipationes, followed by several enfranchisements. The man-icipatio, or solemn sale, destroyed the patria potestas and put the filius familias in mancipio, which was a kind of slavery. The enfranchisement by the purchaser made the filius-familias sui juris. As the enfranchiser acquired all rights of patronage, the father, on occasion of the last mancipatio, added the trust-clause (fiducia contracta), i.e., an express condition that the purchaser should remancipate the filius-familias to the pater-familias, so that having ceased to be a pater-familias, and being only an ordinary purchaser, he might enfranchise his child, and so acquire the rights of patronage.(2) The Anastasian emancipation, introduced by Anastasius. It consisted in obtaining an ...
emancipate
emancipate -pat·ed -pat·ing 1 : to free from restraint, control, or the power of another ;esp : to free from bondage [emancipated the slaves] compare enfranchise 2 : to release from the care, responsibility, and control of one's parents compare age of majority, legal age NOTE: The circumstances under which a minor may become emancipated vary from state to state. In many states, however, the marriage of a minor results in his or her emancipation. ...
emancipation
emancipation : the act or process of emancipating ...
Emancipate
To set free from the power of another to liberate as a To set free as a minor from a parent as a father may emancipate a child b To set free from bondage to give freedom to to manumit as to emancipate a slave or a country...
emancipated
free from traditional social restraints used especially of women as an emancipated young woman pursuing her career...
Emancipator
One who emancipates...
Emancipationist
An advocate of emancipation esp the emancipation of slaves...
Emancipatory
Pertaining to emancipation or tending to effect emancipation...
age of consent
age of consent :the age at which a person is deemed competent by law to give consent esp. to sexual intercourse or marriage see also statutory rape compare emancipation, legal age ...
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