POENAE SECUNDARUM NUPTIARUM

poenae secundarum nuptiarum (pee-nee sek-[schwa]n-dair-[schwa]m n[schwa]p-shee-air-[schwa]m). [Latin “penalties of second marriages”] Roman law. Disabilities that, for the protection of children of a first marriage, are imposed on a parent who remarries. “If either parent re-married, the interests of the children of the first marriage were protected (in the later Roman Empire) by a number of […]