Ingenuus

civ. law, were those freemen who were born free. They were a class of freemen, distinguished from those who, born slaves, had afterwards legally. obtained their freedom; the latter were called at various periods, sometimes liberté, sometimes liberttns. An unjust or illegal servitude did not prevent a man from being tngenuus. INGRATITUDE is the forgetfulness of a kindness or benefit. In the civil law, mgratitude on the part of a legatee, was sufficient to defeat a legacy in his favour. There isno