Lat. In Roman law. A legal marriage, contracted in strict accordance with the forms of the older Roman law, i.e., either with the farreum, the co emptio, or by usus. This was allowed only to Roman citizens and to those neighboring peoples to whom the right of connubvum had been conceded. The effect of such a marriage was to bring the wife into the manus, or marital power, of … [Read more...]

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In mercantile law. The time when a bill of exchange or promissory note becomes due. … [Read more...]

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