Lex Aelia Sentia
Defined in 1 dictionary — Cyclopedic (1922)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Aelian Sentian law, respecting wills, proposed by the consuls Aelius and Sentius, and passed A. U. 756, restraining a master from manumitting his slaves in certain cases. Calv. Lex.; Halifax, Anal. bk. 1, c. 3. LEX AEQUITATE GAUDET; APPETIT perfectum; est norma recti. The law delights in equity; it covets perfection; it is a rule of right. Jenk. Cent. Cas. 36.