MANCIPARE

By SovConn | June 3, 2013

mancipare (man-s<<schwa>>-pair-ee), vb. [fr. Latin manus “hand” + capere “to take”] Roman law. 1. To alienate (a thing) through mancipation. 2. To sell (esp. a person) fictitiously as part of the emancipation process. See MANCIPATION.

[Blacks Law 8th]

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