Consanguinei(66 words)
[German version]
Siblings with a common father (uterini share the mother). According to Roman civil law consanguine sisters had a legal right of inheritance while agnatic relatives of a higher degree of relationship (aunts, nieces etc.) were excluded from intestate inheritance (Gai. Inst. 3,14; Inst. Iust. 3,2,3a).
Agnatio; Succession, law of
Manthe, Ulrich (Passau)
Bibliography
H. L. W. Nelson, U. Manthe, Gai Institutiones III 1-87, 1992, 65f.
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Manthe, Ulrich (Passau),
“Consanguinei”, in:
Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry.
Consulted online on 27 March 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e304090>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510
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