mancipatio

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κατ' ἀρχῆς γὰρ φιλαίτιος λεώςpeople are always ready to blame the rulers, people are against authority, people were fond of anything by which they could call authority in question

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

mancĭpātĭo: (mancŭp-), ōnis, f. mancipo,
I a making over, delivery, transfer of a thing to another; one of the modes of acquiring possession by the Roman civil law; hence, also, for purchase: qui mancipio accipit, apprehendere id ipsum, quod ei mancipio datur, necesse sit: unde etiam mancipatio dicitur, quia manu res capitur, Gai. Inst. 1, 121 (v. the passage in full under mancipium): mancupationem tabulis probare, the purchase, Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 117.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

mancĭpātĭō et mancŭpātĭō, ōnis, f. (mancipo), mancipation, aliénation de la propriété avec certaines formes solennelles : Gaius Inst. 1, 121