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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Page 54
... legacy to her on condition that she did not remarry . This created a logical difficulty , in that the widow could not be seen to have qualified for the legacy until she herself died unmarried . A solution was devised , in the latter ...
... legacy to her on condition that she did not remarry . This created a logical difficulty , in that the widow could not be seen to have qualified for the legacy until she herself died unmarried . A solution was devised , in the latter ...
Page 55
... legacy , perhaps to avoid the restrictions of the lex Voconia ) , but she also left to the elder son a praelegatum , that is , a legacy chargeable on the estate , ' not ' , says the son , ' to show preference to me and so slight my ...
... legacy , perhaps to avoid the restrictions of the lex Voconia ) , but she also left to the elder son a praelegatum , that is , a legacy chargeable on the estate , ' not ' , says the son , ' to show preference to me and so slight my ...
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... legacy on the estate . If the son was made co - heir with others , he had available to him the actio familiae erciscundae ( suit for the division of an inheritance ) , under which he could claim the dowry as a charge on the estate ...
... legacy on the estate . If the son was made co - heir with others , he had available to him the actio familiae erciscundae ( suit for the division of an inheritance ) , under which he could claim the dowry as a charge on the estate ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Guardianship of Women | 5 |
Marriage | 31 |
Copyright | |
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