Opublikowane: 2019-07-11

THE ‘USUS’ AS A WAY TO PUT A WOMAN UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF HER HUSBAND

Magdalena Chmielecka
Zeszyty Prawnicze
Dział: Artykuły
https://doi.org/10.21697/zp.2019.19.2.09

Abstrakt

The article addresses issues relating to the institution of usus, which was one of the ways a woman could be put under her husband’s authority and power. One of the points discussed is the origin of this institution. I consider the signifcance of the location of usus in the source documents. The fundamental question in research on usus is the determination of the date on which a period of usus started, in other words usus was treated as a sort of usucaption, which implied a date on which it would finish. I also discuss issues connected with usurpatio trinoctii.

Słowa kluczowe:

usus, manus mariti, usurpatio trinoctii, marriage, a husband’s power and authority over his wife.

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Zasady cytowania

Chmielecka, M. (2019). THE ‘USUS’ AS A WAY TO PUT A WOMAN UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF HER HUSBAND. Zeszyty Prawnicze, 19(2), 227–244. https://doi.org/10.21697/zp.2019.19.2.09

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