Emancipation
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
[Lat. emancipatio, from mancupare or mancipare, to sell.] In the Roman law.
A setting free
The enfranchisement of a son by his father, which was anciently done by the formality of an imaginary sale. This was abolished by Justinian, who substituted the simpler proceeding of a manumission before a magistrate.
Inst. 1. 12. 6.
In Louisiana, the emancipation of minors is expressly recognised and regulated by law. Civil Code of Louis. art.
367, et seq.
In England, the term emancipation has been borrowed from the Roman law, and is constantly used in the law of parochial settlements.
7 Ad. & Ell. N. S. 674, note.