Liberti

or LIBERTINL In Roman law. The condition of those who, having been slaves, had been made free. 1 Brown, Civ. Law, 99. There is some distinction between these words. By libertua was understood the freedand he was called libertinvs when considered in relation to the state he occupied in society subsequent to his manumission, Lee. Dr. Civ. § 93.

LIBERTINI. In Roman Law. The condition of those who, having been slaves, had been made free. 1 Brown, Civ. Law 99. There is some distinction between these words. By libertua was understood the freedman when considered in relation to his patron, who had bestowed liberty upon him; and he was called libertinus when considered in relation to the state he occupied in society subsequent to his manumission. Lee. El. Dr. Rom. § 93. See Morey, Rom. L. 236.

LIBERTINI.

In Boman law. Freedmen. There seems to have been some difference in the use of these two words; the former denoting the manumitted slaves considered in their relations with their former master, who was now called their “patron,” the latter term describing the status of the same persons in the general social economy of Rome.

LIBERTINI. These two words were at different times made to express, among the Romans, the condition of those who, having been slaves, had been made free. 1 Brown’s Civ. Law, 99.