manceps,
a taking by hand, formal acceptance, taking possession, seisin, legal
purchase
: hoc in mancipio non dixerat,
at the sale
: in mancipi lege,
in the contract of sale.—A possession, property, right of
ownership
: mancipio dare . . . accipere,
give . . . take formal possession
.—In the phrase, res mancipi (opp. res nec mancipi),
property, the legal title to which was only transferred by formal delivery
before witnesses
(see mancipo): quae (res) mancipi sunt: quaero sintne ista praedia necne sint mancipi.—
A slave obtained by legal transfer
: mancipia, quae dominorum sunt facta nexo aut aliquo iure
civili: mancipia haec ducam ad Thaïdem, T.: pecoris et mancipiorum praedae, S.: Mancipiis locuples, H.: argento
parata mancipia,
purchased slaves
, L.: Se fore mancipio tempus in omne
tuum,
thy servant
, O.
Lewis, Charlton, T. An Elementary Latin Dictionary. New York, Cincinnati, and Chicago. American Book Company. 1890.
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