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Acquisitio
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[German version]

Not used as a noun until late (for instance Ulp. Dig. 44,4,4,31; epit. 19), formerly and more frequently acquirere, means acquisition. The development from verb to noun corresponds to a general tendency towards a substantival style, as shown by a comparison with alienatio/alienare (‘disposal’,  alienatio ). First the disposal, then the acquisitio were worded in clear terms and made into a legal question. Res (‘things’), were acquired singly (singulae res) or as parts of a whole (per universitatem), (Gai. Inst. 2,97). Acquisition was carried out under ius civile, e.g…

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Schanbacher, Dietmar (Dresden), “Acquisitio”, 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 19 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e102760>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510



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