FORISFAMILIATED

forisfamiliated

forisfamiliated (for-is-f[schwa]-mil-ee-ay-tid), adj. Hist. (Of a son) emancipated from paternal authority and in possession of a portion of family land in lieu of inheritance. “If our English law at any time knew an enduring patria potestas which could be likened to the Roman, that time had passed away long before the days of Bracton…. Bracton,

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