Familia

A family.

In Roman law. A household; a family. On the composition of the Roman family, see Agnati; Cognati; and see Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 144.

I.

In old English law. A family or household, including servants, and all who were under the authority of one master; a portion of land sufl Bcient to maintain one family, — sometimes called^ a hide of land, sometimes a manse, sometimes carucata or ploughland.

In the Roman law. A family consisting of the servants or slaves, belonging to one common master: a household, — including wife, children, servants and all others who lived in the same house, and in subjection to one head; a family or connection of persons related by blood, and having a common descent; a family estate or inheritance; family, or family right, — one of the three kinds of status or conditions of persons.

Lat.

In the Roman law. A family, consisting of the servants (famuli) belonging to one common master. This was the ancient and proper sense of the term.* Calv. Lex, Jur. See Dig, 60. 16. 40. 3. A family or household; including wife, children, servants and all others who lived in the same house, and in subjection to one head, {qui sub unius potestaie in eadem, domo natura vel jure vivunt) Calv. Lex. Dig, 50. 16. 195. 2. Hence the term pater familia Sf (q. v.) A family or connexion of persons related by blood, and having a common descent. A familia was a subdivision of a gens. The latter embraced all of the same stock and nomen, though most remotely related; the former was more limited, and included especially the agnati or relations on the paternal side.* Calv, Lex. Dig, 60. 16. 195. 1. See Ger^, Nonun, A family estate or inheritance. Dig. 60. 16. 196. 1. See Families erciscunda. Family, or family right; one of the three kinds of status or conditions of persons. It was applied to a komx) sui juris, i. e. a Roman citizen who was entitled to enjoy and acquire civil rights in his own name, and to hold other persons in his power. 1 Mackeld, Civ. Law, 130, § 119.