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coemptio
cŏëmptĭo, ōnis, f. [coëmo], jurid. t. t. I A pretended purchase of an estate which was subjected to ...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
coēmptiō ōnis, f
coëmo.—In law, a form of marriage by a pretended sale, transferring the woman, with her estate, to the man (in manum).— A fictitious marriage (to free an heiress from special burdens).
cŏëmptĭo, ōnis, f. [coëmo], jurid. t. t. I A pretended purchase of an estate which was subjected to ...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.