Manumission
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
The act of releasing from the power of another; the act of giving liberty to a slave. In the Roman Law. It was a generic expression, equally applicable to the enfranchisement from the manus, the mancipium, the dominica, potestas, and the patria potestas.