Women in Roman Law & Society"The book meets the highest standards of scholarly rigor, and treatment of disputed issues is informative without being esoteric. An excellent general survey and introduction." -- Choice ..". will be enormously useful for those interested in teaching courses on Roman women or Roman law." -- The Classical Outlook |
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... death terminated potestas . Both sons and daughters had equal rights of intestate succession . Both became sui iuris at his death , but whereas the adult son now became fully capable of independent legal action , including the right of ...
... death terminated potestas . Both sons and daughters had equal rights of intestate succession . Both became sui iuris at his death , but whereas the adult son now became fully capable of independent legal action , including the right of ...
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... death he could give the dowry to her heirs rather than her father . Since the daughter was emancipated , the husband's case presumably was that the dowry became her property on divorce , and at her death was part of her estate , to be ...
... death he could give the dowry to her heirs rather than her father . Since the daughter was emancipated , the husband's case presumably was that the dowry became her property on divorce , and at her death was part of her estate , to be ...
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Jane F. Gardner. Dowry on Death of Husband's Father The dowry at marriage went not to the husband , if he were still in potestate , but to his father . At the latter's death , the dowry might pass to the husband as his father's sole heir ...
Jane F. Gardner. Dowry on Death of Husband's Father The dowry at marriage went not to the husband , if he were still in potestate , but to his father . At the latter's death , the dowry might pass to the husband as his father's sole heir ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Guardianship of Women | 5 |
Marriage | 31 |
Copyright | |
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