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...

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...

relation of subjection of one person to another, existing because of mancipatio (the reverse process is the emancipation), as well as a person subjected...

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...

inconvenient formal methods of conveyance to transfer title (a formal mancipatio ceremony, or in iure cessio). Res nec manicipi could be transferred by...

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...

strict formalism, symbolism, and conservatism, e.g. the ritual practice of mancipatio (a form of sale). The jurist Sextus Pomponius said, "At the beginning...

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...

concept of adverse possession, or acquiring land prescriptively. Since mancipatio and in iure cessio were inherently public modes of acquisition of ownership...

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...