In Roman law, mancipatio (f. Latin manus, "hand"; and capere, "to take hold of") was a solemn verbal contract by which the ownership of certain types of...
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that res mancipi may only be conveyed formally, that is either by the mancipatio ceremony, or in iure cessio. The distinction between res mancipi and res...
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relation of subjection of one person to another, existing because of mancipatio (the reverse process is the emancipation), as well as a person subjected...
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own certain forms of property and to convey ownership of that property (mancipatio) was one of the defining aspects of early Roman citizenship. But as early...
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established in early Rome's rural economy as requiring a formal legal process (mancipatio) for transferring ownership. The exclusive right to trade in res mancipi...
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strict formalism, symbolism, and conservatism, e.g. the ritual practice of mancipatio (a form of sale). The jurist Sextus Pomponius said, "At the beginning...
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was allegedly abolished either in 326 or 313 BC. Nexum was a form of mancipatio, a symbolic transfer of rights that involved a set of scales, copper weights...
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early Roman Republic. Within the Roman legal system, it was a form of mancipatio. Though the terms of the contract would vary, essentially a free man pledged...
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inconvenient formal methods of conveyance to transfer title (a formal mancipatio ceremony, or in iure cessio). Res nec manicipi could be transferred by...
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concept of adverse possession, or acquiring land prescriptively. Since mancipatio and in iure cessio were inherently public modes of acquisition of ownership...
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