Status in Roman legal system
Status of a person under ancient Roman law / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Social status in ancient Rome.
In Roman law, status describes a person's legal status. The individual could be a Roman citizen (status civitatis), unlike foreigners; or he could be free (status libertatis), unlike slaves; or he could have a certain position in a Roman family (status familiae) either as head of the family (pater familias), or as a lower member (filii familias).
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