means alienation, in some cases also the authority to alienate, but not yet sale (Dig. 50,16,67 pr.). Cicero (Top. 5.28) defines abalienatio as genus for traditio alteri nexu (i.e. mancipatio ) and in iure cessio . Gaius (Inst. 2.65) adds to this usucapio (alienareiure civili) and distinguishes from it alienare iure naturali, which includes, for instance, traditio . The meaning of alienatio also covers awarding of a thing by miscarriage of justice (Dig. 40,7,29,1). The praetorian edict is concerned with regulations on alienatio iudicii mutandi causa (for the p…
Alienatio(285 words)
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Schanbacher, Dietmar (Dresden), “Alienatio”, 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_e114920>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510
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