LEX AEBUTIA

lex Aebutia (leks i-byoo-shee-<<schwa>>). [Latin] Roman law. A statute that introduced simplified forms of pleading and procedure. • This was probably enacted in the later part of the second century B.C. See lex Julia judiciorum publicorum under LEX JULIA. LEX AELIA SENTIA

lex Aelia Sentia (leks ee-lee-<<schwa>> sen-tee-<<schwa>>).Roman law. A law that set minimum age requirements for an owner and a slave in a valid manumission, voided manumissions made to defraud creditors, and created the status of dediticii for some manumitted slaves, esp. criminals. See DEDITICII; LATINI JUNIANI.

 [Blacks Law 8th]