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   mancipatio
   (from the article `Roman law`) Mancipatio, or formal transfer of property, involved a ceremonial conveyance needing for its accomplishment the presence of the transferor and ...
   Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/m/24
   
   
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   Mancipatio
   In Roman law, mancipatio (f. Latin manus "hand" and capere "to take hold of") was a verbal contract by which the ownership of certain goods, called res mancipi, was transferred. Res mancipi were goods important in an early agrarian society, like land, rights over land, horses, cattle and slaves. Th...
   Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mancipatio
   
   
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   Mancipatio
   Roman law. The act of transferring things called res mancipi. This is effected in the presence of not less than five witnesses, who must be Roman citizens and of the age of puberty, and also in the presence of another person of the same condition, who holds a pair of brazen scales, and hence is call...
   Found op http://www.lectlaw.com/def2/m078.htm
   
   

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