Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, mancĭpātĭo

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I.a making over, delivery, transfer of a thing to another; one of the modes of acquiring possession by the Roman civil law; hence, also, for purchase: “qui mancipio accipit, apprehendere id ipsum, quod ei mancipio datur, necesse sit: unde etiam mancipatio dicitur, quia manu res capitur,” Gai. Inst. 1, 121 (v. the passage in full under mancipium): “mancupationem tabulis probare,” the purchase, Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 117.

A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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