LEX AELIA SENTIA

lex Aelia Sentia (leks ee-lee-[schwa] sen-tee-[schwa]).Roman law. A law that set minimum age requirements for an owner and a slave in a valid manumission, voided manumissions made to defraud creditors, and created the status of dediticii for some manumitted slaves, esp. criminals. See DEDITICII; LATINI JUNIANI.