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The word is derived from the process of freeing a Roman slave -- _manumissio_.
The Coverley Papers Various
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_mancipium_, while after each sale the fictitious vendee enfranchized the son, by _manumissio vindicta_, _i. e._ by laying his rod (_vindicta_) on the slave and claiming him as free (_vindicatio in libertatem_).
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" Various
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The Church, unable to change at once the sad condition of the slave, was able, however, to gradually substitute for slavery the milder institution of serfdom, and to introduce in place of the elaborate formalities of the emancipatio the simpler form of the manumissio in ecclesiâ (Cod.,
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913
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"It will take a little time until the manumissio testamento can take effect.
"Unto Caesar" Emmuska Orczy Orczy 1906
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