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 […]