manceps

It enumerates six plots of land -- 'merides' it calls them, from a Greek word meaning 'share' or 'division' -- which seem to have formed one parcel: each plot is numbered, and the length of its frontage on the public way (_in fronte_), the name of its lessee or _manceps_ and that of his surety (_fideiussor_) are added.

Ancient Town-Planning 1889

Plot II ... perpetual lessee (_manceps_) C. Naevius Rusticus: surety for him C. Vesidius Quadratus.

Ancient Town-Planning 1889

In the language of ancient jurisprudence, which was corrupted and forgotten before the age of Justinian, these spoils were distinguished by the name of manceps or mancipium, taken with the hand; and whenever they were sold or emancipated, the purchaser required some assurance that they had been the property of an enemy and not of a fellow-citizen.

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 04 Rossiter Johnson 1885

In the language of ancient jurisprudence, which was corrupted and forgotten before the age of Justinian, these spoils were distinguished by the name of _manceps_ or _mancipium_, taken with the hand; and whenever they were sold or _emancipated_, the purchaser required some assurance that they had been the property of an enemy, and not of a fellow-citizen.

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 Edward Gibbon 1765

In the language of ancient jurisprudence, which was corrupted and forgotten before the age of Justinian, these spoils were distinguished by the name of manceps or manicipium, taken with the hand; and whenever they were sold or emancipated, the purchaser required some assurance that they had been the property of an enemy, and not of

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 Edward Gibbon 1765

In the language of ancient jurisprudence, which was corrupted and forgotten before the age of Justinian, these spoils were distinguished by the name of manceps or manicipium, taken with the hand; and whenever they were sold or emancipated, the purchaser required some assurance that they had been the property of an enemy, and not of a fellow — citizen.

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