The ceremonial freeing of a slave whereby a third party, in the presence of the praetor, placed a rod (vindicta) on the slave while claiming that the slave was a freedman, whereupon the master admitted the slave’s freedom and the praetor then declared the slave to be free.
• This ceremony was actually a fictitious action at law.
— Also termed manumissio vindicta.
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基础建设领域的法律文件。