Abstinendi potestas, 209.

Acceptilatio.

form of, 389.

must be unconditional, 334.

Actio (continued).
honoraria.

emanated from imperium of praetor,

537.

surrender of filius familias in, 522.
surrender of dead person in, 523,
523-4.

form of condemnatio in, 497.
changes in law as to, 524.
perpetua, 544, 545, 546 et seq.
pigneraticia, 327.
popularis, 527.
prohibiti furti, 406.
Publiciana, 153, 479.
who may sue by, 153.
an actio ficticia, 472.1

contraria, rescissoria, discussed, 479.
quanti minoris, 370.

quasi institoria, 386.

524-6, 527.

limit of time as to pendency of, 535-6,
538-9.

when barred by previous litigation,
535-6, 539 et seq.
transmission of, 545, 552-4.

what, could be satisfied between formula
and judgment, 554, 555.
discussion of pleadings, &c. in, 564 et seq.
appeals, 627.

and see Actio, judicium.

Aditio, hereditatis.

meaning, 205, 314.
effect of, 212, 215.
cannot be conditional, 334.
Adjudicatio.

a title of civil law, 157.
a part of formula, 480.
example of, 481.

effect on liability for debts, 312, 313,
473, 480.

summary of effect of, on rights and
obligations, 312.

imperio magistratus, 62.
form of, 82, 85.

effect on issue of adopted person, 82,
83.

change in effect of, by Justinian, 66.
gave adopted person civitas of adoptive
father, 297.

Adpromissor, 358.

Adrogatio: see Adoptio.
Adstipulator.

origin of, 344, 347.

payment to, discharges debtor, 347.
words used by, in stipulatio, 347-8.
may not stipulate for more than stipu
lator, 348.

heres of, cannot sue, 348.
persons who cannot be, 348.

is employed to secure payment after
stipulator's death, 349.

bound to hand over what he recovers,
347.

effect of capitis deminutio of, 348, 358.
remedy against, who defrauds prin-
cipal, 419.

chief function of, 358.
gradually died out, 358.
Adversaria, 362.
Aediles curules.

jus edicendi of, 2, 7.
Aerarium.

meaning, 119.

when caduca passed to, 226,

series of, in civil suits, 627.
Aquae et ignis interdictio.
explained, 59.

destroyed patria potestas, 79.
caused cap. dem. media, 94.
Aquilian Stipulation, 394.
Aquilius Gallus.

as to after-born grandchildren, 196.
invented Aquilian Stipulation, 394.
formula relating to dolus malus, 394-
Arbitrium.

effect of, in formula, 496.
Arcadius and Theodosius.
abolished cretio, 215.
Arcaria nomina.
meaning, 365.

create real obligations, 361, 362.
Argentarius.

must recognize compensatio in formula,
511, 512, 515.

how compensatio is calculated against,

Bailment, 374.

Bankrupt or Insolvent Debtor.
liability of, to personal execution, 303.
suffered loss of existimatio, 305, 308.
did not incur capitis deminutio, 305.
after-acquired property of, liable, 308-9.
Bankruptcy or Insolvency.

distinguished from ordinary execution,
302-3.

proceedings, 301-2, 306-7, 308.

effect of, upon status, 305, 308.
marshalling of creditors under, 310-11.
acts of, 307.

dissolves partnerships, 377.
Beneficium.

cedendarum actionum, 357, 360.
competentiae, 483-4.
divisionis, 357, 360.

excussionis, or ordinis, 357, 360.
inventarii, 216.
Blackstone.
public law, 16.

personal rights, 16.
Bona fide possessor.
rights of, to fructus, 164.

acquires dominium through freemen and
servi alieni, 172.

obligationes through freemen and servi
alieni, 387.

acquires dominium by usucapio, 147,
but see 148.

after litis contestatio, is liable for culpa,

Bonorum possessio (continued).
secundum tabulas.

when will is invalid ab initio, 186,
188.

when valid will becomes invalid, 202,
203, 204.

not defeated by claim of Fiscus under
lex Julia, 203, 205.

how, and within what time, to be
claimed, 205.

to persons entitled under a will valid
by jus civile, 279.
contra tabulas.

not always equivalent to intestacy,
189, 198.

to female passed over, 191.

to male not disinherited nominatim,
191.

to emancipated children, 193, 198.
to patron passed over by freedman,
283.

instituted suus heres might sometimes
claim, 198.

intestati.

to emancipated children, 277, 280-1.
to some who were made cives with
their father, 276, 277.

to agnates who had suffered capitis
deminutio, 277.

to certain females, 277.

to cognates related through females,
278.

to children in adoptive family, 278.
to persons entitled by jus civile, 279.
summary of classes to whom, was suc-
cessively granted, 282.

how claimed and within what time,
283.

Bonorum possessor.

fiction that, is heres, 471-2.

and see Bonorum possessio.

Bonorum sectio, 309.

vests dominium in vendee, and transfers
juris universitas, 309.

Bonorum venditio.

a mode of universal succession, 175.
grounds for ordering, 301, 307.
how, was effected inter vivos, 301-2,
306-7.

how, was effected after death, 301-2.
only confers bonitary dominion, 302.
superseded by distractio bonorum,
309.

Breviarium Alaricianum, 26.
Buildings.

ownership in, 181.

servitudes in respect of: see Servitude,
urban.

effect on status, 92, 92, 94, 95.
maxima, 94.

minor, or media, 94.

minima, 94; discussion respecting, 98
et seq.

general effect of, 95.

some arbitrary consequences of, 101, 313.
of testator, effect of on the will, 201,
202, 205.

effect of, on a partnership, 377, 378.
effect of, of a debtor on the debts, 473-
4, 480.

Caracalla: see Antoninus Caracalla.
Cassius, II.

Causae conjectio, 456.
Cautio.

general name for security for a debt,
360.

de re defendenda, 627.
judicio sisti, 530, 534.

judicatum solvi: see stipulatio judi-

catum solvi.

Civis Romanus.

ingenuus, 18.

libertinus, 18.

and see Civitas Romana.

Civitas Romana.

same as Jus Quiritium, 32.

how acquired by Latini, 28, 31–2.
how acquired by erroris causae probatio,

49.

by Imperial Rescript, 60, 61.
conferred on whole of Italy, 28, 77.
granted by Marcus Aurelius to all who
would pay for it, 61.

granted by Caracalla to all free subjects
of Empire, 61.

effect of capitis deminutio and infamia
on, 93-4, 95, 97.

effect of insolvency on, 305, 308.
Claudius.

building ships, &c., confers civitas Ro-

mana, 30.

protection of sick slaves, 38.
marries his niece, 45.

abolishes agnatic guardianship of women,

92.

alteration in law Terms and Vacations,
265.

Sc. Claudianum, 55, 56, 57.

Sc. Largianum, 290, 291, 292, 295.
Codex.

meaning, 264.

accepti et expensi, 362.
Alaricianus, 26.

Codicillus.

origin and nature of, 260, 263-4.
legacy left by, must be ratified by will,

260.

heres could not be directly instituted
or disinherited by, 260, 264.
no formality necessary, 264.
Coemptio.

a mode of creating manus, 67.
how transacted, 67, 68, 70.
matrimonii causa, 67.
fiduciae causa, 68, 71 et seq.
causes cap. dem, minima, 94.

distinguished from mancipatio, 76, 87.
operation of, as mode of universal suc-
cession, 312, 313.

effect of, on debts of the person in
manus, 312, 313, 473, 480.
Cognati -ae.

who are, 92, 282.

how different degrees of, calculated, 282.
capitis deminutio has no effect on rights

of, 92, but see 93.

change by Justinian as to right of, to
succeed in intestacy, 275-6.
related through females, grant of bo-

norum possessio to, 276, 278, 275-6.
limits of degree in which, are entitled
to succeed, 282.

Cognitio extraordinaria.
meaning, 537.