SUB POTESTATE

sub potestate

sub potestate (s[schwa]b poh-tes-tay-tee). [Latin] Under the power of another, as in a child or other person not sui juris. Cf. SUI JURIS.

sub potestate 〈拉〉在…的保护下；受…的保护；隶属于…的权力用以指妻子、儿童、奴隶和其他非自权人〔sui juris〕。