COEMPTIO

COEMPTIO coemptio (koh-emp-shee-oh), n. [Latin] Roman law. A form of civil marriage in which the husband ¡°purchased¡± from a woman’s father ¡ª by fictitious sale ¡ª the right to exercise marital power (manus) over the woman. ? The father conveyed his daughter to her husband through the technical procedure of a sale of res mancipi. […]