coemptio

cŏëmptĭo, ōnis, f. [coëmo], jurid. t. t.

• A pretended purchase of an estate which was subjected to a mock sale for the purpose of divesting it of the burden of certain sacrifices attached to it, Cic. Mur. 12, 27 Moeb.—
• II Esp., a marriage, consisting in a mutual mock sale of the parties, by which the wife was freed from the tutela legitima and the family sacra, Gai Inst. 1, 110; 1, 113 sq.; Cic. Fl. 34, 84; id. de Or. 1, 56, 237; Varr. L. L. 6, § 43; cf. id. ap. Non. p. 531, 10 sq.; Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 31; id. A. 4, 103 (but acc. to Lachm. ad Lucr. 2, 1061 = 2. comptus, q. v.).

coēmptio, ōnis, f. (coëmo), I) das Zusammenkaufen, der Aufkauf, c. frumentaria, Cod. Theod. 14, 16, 3: c. curulium equorum, Symm. ep. 4, 6: c. Iudaicorum mancipiorum, Vulg. 2. Mach. 8, 11. – als Monopol, Boëth. cons. phil. 1. pros. 4. p. 9, 2 Obb. – II) insbes., der Zusammenkauf als Art der Eheschließung, u. zwar: a) eine der drei Formen der strengen römischen Ehe, bei deren Schließung die Frau in Gegenwart von fünf Zeugen u. eines libripens sich in die manus (s. d.) des Mannes gleichsam verkaufte, die Kaufehe, s. Gaius inst. 1, 113. Boëth. in Cic. top. 3, 14. p. 299, 8 sqq. Cic. de or. 1, 237. Cic. Flacc. 84; Mur. 27. – b) eine auf Treu und Glauben mit einem Manne, gew. mit einem kinderlosen Greise, auf Zeit eingegangene Ehe, um sich dadurch der lästigen Vormundschaft der Agnaten u. des Patronus zu entziehen u. selbständig gewisse Rechte ausüben zu können, die Scheinehe (c. fiduciaria gen. bei Gaius inst. 1, 115^a), Gaius inst. 1, 114 sq.; 1, 137^a; 1, 195^a. Cic. Mur. 27. Vgl. Leonhard in Pauly-Wissowa Realenz. IV, 198 f.

coëmptio , purchase. b forcible purchase, requisitioning. Lantfr. Mir. et Transl. Swith. A 1 (v. clientulus 1a); 1159 (v. coemere a).  b 1189 dicentes nos [a Cenomannia] in partes Flandrie redire velle ‥ pro temporis et ~onis acerbitate Ep. Cant. 307.

cŏēmptĭō, (14) ōnis, f. (coemo), ¶ 1 achat réciproque ou commun, coemption : Cod. Th. 14, 16, 3 ¶ 2 mariage par coemption [jurispr.] : qui nescit quibus verbis coemptio fiat Cic. de Or. 1, 237, celui qui ignore la formule de la coemption ¶ 3 achat, trafic : Vulg. 2 Macch. 8, 11.

coemptio , onis. f.
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coēmptiō ōnis, f

• coëmo.—In law, a form of marriage by a pretended sale, transferring the woman, with her estate, to the man(in manum).— A fictitious marriage(to free an heiress from special burdens).

COEMPTIO

COE´MPTIO[MATRIMONIUM]

Coëmptio

Properly “a joint taking,” so “a joint purchase.” One of the three forms of marriage among the Romans. It was so called from the fiction of a purchase supposed to take place on the occasion. In the presence of five witnesses and a libripens, or holder of the balance, the bridegroom struck the balance with a bronze coin, which he handed to the father or guardian of the bride. At the same time he asked her whether she would be his wife, and she, in turn, asked him whether he would be her husband. See matrimonium.