LEX FURIA TESTAMENTARIA

lex Furia testamentaria (leks fyoor-ee-<<schwa>> tes-t<<schwa>>-men-tair-ee-<< schwa>>). [Latin] Roman law.A law prohibiting a testator from bequeathing more than 1,000 asses (i.e., 722 pounds) of copper or the equivalent. • This law, dating from the middle of the republic, was one of the first to restrict legacies. It was passed between 204 and 169 B.C.

“The lex Furia… provided that no one except [close] relatives … should take by will or gift in view of death more than 1000 asses [copper coins]. It did not rescind the disposition, but enacted a penalty of four times the amount, recoverable by a stringent procedure from anyone who took such a legacy or gift, contrary to the law. But this law left it open to a testator to leave nothing to the heir, supposing he made a sufficient number of legatees up to the statutable limit.” 1 Henry John Roby, Roman Private Law 344–45 (1902). LEX FUSIA CANINIA lex Fusia Caninia.See LEX FUFIA CANINIA. LEX GABINIA

lex Gabinia (leks g<<schwa>>-bin-ee-<<schwa>>). [Latin] Roman law.A law introducing popular election by secret ballot. • Secret ballots were also used in judicial meetings. — Also termed lex Gabinia tabellaria (leks g<< schwa>>-bin-ee-<<schwa>> tab-<<schwa>>-lair-ee-<<schwa>>).

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