adrogation

adrogation (ad-roh-gay-sh[schwa]n), n. [fr. Latin arrogatio (a-roh-gay-shee-oh)] Roman law. An adoption of a person of full capacity (sui juris) into another family.

— 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).

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