Dedititii
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Burrill (1850)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Branded criminals.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In Roman law. Criminals who had bcen marked in the face or on the body with fire or an iron, so that the mark could not be erased, and subsequently manumitted. Calvin.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
2. An inferior kind of freedmen at one time recognized by the Roman law.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Lat. An inferior kind of freedmen (libertinorum) at one time recognized by the Roman law, being introduced by the Lex ^lia Sentia, but long disused in the time of Justinian, and expressly abolished by him. Inst. 1. 6. 3. Id, 3. 8. 4. Heinecc. Elem, Jur, Civ, lib. 1, tit. 6, § 109. Calvin Lex, Jurid.