Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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coemptio
[Latin] Roman law. A form of civil marriage in which the husband "purchased" from a woman's father - by fictitious sale - the right to exercise marital power (manus) over the woman. ( The importance of coemptio as a method of civil marriage had faded by the end of the Republic period. Cf. CONFARREATIO; USUS (2).
coemption
n. 1. The act of purchasing the entire quantity of any commodity. 2. cOEMPTIO. - coemptional, coemptive, adj.