Senatus Consultum Tertullianum

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Abstract / Description of output

The senatus consultum Tertullianum was a senatorial decree of the Hadrianic era that placed certain mothers in the line of succession to the estates of their intestate children, thereby improving their position. It is typically discussed alongside the sc Orfitianum in the context of the gradual shift from agnatic to cognatic ties in succession law.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationOxford Classical Dictionary
PublisherOxford University Press
DOIs
Publication statusE-pub ahead of print - Feb 2019

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

  • Roman law inheritance
  • women
  • children
  • senatus consortium
  • family
  • Roman

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