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Uxor non est sui juris sed sub potestate viri

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Emancipation

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 … 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

Alieni juris

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parens patriae

[Latin, parent of the country] : the state in its capacity as the legal guardian of persons not sui juris and without natural guardians, as the heir to persons without natural heirs, and as the protector of all

Allowance

also the admission of claims or items in an account, also payments of a non-obligatory nature by persons sui juris or the Court acting in the exercise of its discretion; and see DEATH DUTIES AND FINANCE ACTS. Allowances

Arrogatio

the comitia curiata or later by imperial rescript. Arrogatio was the form of adopting a paterfamilias or homo sui juris, and effected like the adoptio capitis deminutio minima of the arrogtus. As a rule there could be no

Conversion, equitable

4 Wm. 4, c. 74, s. 71. But the beneficiary, or all the beneficiaries together, provided they are sui juris and unanimous, may elect to take the property in its existing shape before the actual conversion has taken

Parens patriae

Parens patriae, means the State in its capacity as the legal guardian of persons not sui juris and without natural guardians as the heirs to persons without natural heirs, and as the protector of all

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