filiusfamilias

filiusfamilias (fil-ee-[schwa]s-f[schwa]-mil-ee-as), n. [Latin “the son of a family”] Roman law. An unemancipated son or daughter, grandson or granddaughter.

— Also termed homo alieni juris.

“Every Roman citizen is either a paterfamilias or a filiusfamilias, according as he is free from paternal power (homo sui juris) or not (homo alieni juris). Paterfamilias is the generic name for a homo sui juris, whether child or adult, married or unmarried. Filiusfamilias is the generic name for a homo alieni juris, whether son or daughter, grandson or granddaughter, and so on.” Rudolph Sohm, The Institutes: A Textbook of the History and System of Roman Private Law 177 (James Crawford Ledlie trans., 3d ed. 1907).


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