PRAEMIUM EMANCIPATIONIS

praemium emancipationis

praemium emancipationis (pree-mee-[schwa]m i-man-s[schwa]-pay-shee-oh-nis). [Latin “reward for emancipation”] Roman law. A compensation allowed by Constantine to a father on the emancipation of his child, consisting of one-third of the property that came to the child from his mother’s side. • Justinian replaced this with the usufruct of half the child’s separate property.

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