LIBRIPENS

libripens (lib-r<<schwa>>-penz), n.[Latin] Roman law.A person who holds a bronze balance during actual or ritual sales, such as the ceremonies of emancipating a son from his father or conveying important property; a scale-holder. • The purchaser strikes the balance with a piece of bronze to symbolize completion of the sale. The seller then receives the bronze as a sign of the purchase money. See MANCIPATION.

[Blacks Law 8th]