HIST 104 Study Guide - Final Guide: Cowry, Pater Familias, Twelve Tables
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Paterfamilias: the male head of a family or household. Patria potestas: power that the male head of a family exercised over his children and his more remote descendants in the male line, whatever their age, as well as over those brought into the family by adoption. A member of a noble family or class in ancient rome. Class protected by the supplementary laws of the twelve tables. Torts: a wrongful act or an infringement of a right (other than under contract) leading to civil legal liability. An aspect of roman law regarding civil wrongs. Chrenecruda: ceremony performed by a person who was too poor to pay his debt or fine, whereby he applied to a rich relative to him. It consisted of throwing green herbs upon the party, effect of which was to bind him to pay the whole demand. Rich or poor, there was a way for everyone to correctly pay for their wrongdoings against someone.
