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 […]