— Also termed adrogatio (ad-roh-gay-shee-oh). Cf. ADOPTION (3). — adrogate, vb.
“When the person to be adopted was sui juris, and not in the power of a paterfamilias, the ceremony of adoption was called adrogatio.” Lord Mackenzie, Studies in Roman Law 132 (John Kirkpatrick ed., 7th ed. 1898).
