nexum
nexum 〈拉〉(罗马法)债务口约；要式契约 拉丁文nexum是拘束、债的意思。在早期罗马法中，该词仅指「要式现金借贷」，这种契约和要式买卖都采用铜块和衡器的形式，且当事人需采用法定语言，其效力在于对未按期还债的债务人可施以苦役、出卖或杀戮等残酷处罚。后来随着现金借贷逐渐适用于所有可计量物的借贷，nexum也成为普通的消费借贷契约。广义上，它指契约当事人之间的债务关系，有时可以与obligatio互换。公元前326年《柏德尔法》〔Lex Poetilia〕废除之。
NEXUM
nexum
nexum (nek-s[schwa]m), n. [Latin] Roman law. A transaction or practice of early Roman law under which a debtor, upon a failure to repay the debt, could be seized and held in bondage until the debt was repaid. • This practice was allowed in very early Roman law. “Nexum. This highly controversial matter will be briefly