DEMINUTIO

By SovConn | July 2, 2014

deminutio  (dee-mi-n[y]oo-shee-oh),  n.[fr.  Latin  deminuere  “taking  away”]  Roman  law.  A

deprivation or loss. • The term appeared, for example, in the phrase capitis deminutio “the loss of

civil  status.”  —  Also  spelled  diminutio.  Pl.  deminutiones  (dee-mi-n[y]oo-shee-oh-neez).  See

CAPITIS DEMINUTIO. [Blacks Law 8th]

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