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Lat. In Roman law. A certain ceremony or formal process anciently required to be performed, to perfect the sale or conveyance of res mancipi, (land, houses, slaves, horses, or cattle.) The parties were present, (vendor and vendee,) with five witnesses and a person called "Ubripens," who held a balance or scales. A set form of words was repeated on either side, indicative of … [Read more...] about MANCIPATIO

A human being. A person of the male sex. A male of the human species above the age of puberty. In feudal law. A vassal; a tenant or feudatory. The Anglo Saxon relation of lord and man was originally purely personal, and founded on mutual contract. 1 Spence, Ch. 37. Man of straw. See Men of Straw. … [Read more...] about MAN

Lat. In Roman law. Certain classes of things which could not be aliened or transferred except by means of a certain formal ceremony of conveyance called "mancipatio," '(q. v.) These included land, houses, slaves, horses, and cattle. All other things were called "res nee mancipi." The distinction was abolished by Justinian. The distinction corresponded as nearly as may be to the … [Read more...] about MANCIPI RES

Chains for the hands; shackles. … [Read more...] about MANACLES

Lat. In Roman law. The momentary condition in which a filius, etc., might be when in course of emancipation from the potestas, and before that emancipation was absolutely complete. The condition was not like the dominica potestas over slaves, but slaves are frequently called "man cipia" in the non legal Roman authors. Brown. … [Read more...] about MANCIPIUM