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CONTUBERNIUM, civ. law. As among the Romans, slaves had no civil state, their marriages, although valid according to natural law, when contr acted with the consent of their masters, and when there was no legal bar to them, yet were without civil effects; they having none except what arose from natural law; a marriage of this kind was called contubernium. It was so called whether both or only one of the parties was a slave. Poth. Contr. de Mariage, part 1, c. 2, Sec. 4. Vicat, ad verb.

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No references found			Many letters concern Lipsius's contubernium, the group of students who lived with him (which was increased by two new individuals in September of 1595), and we see clearly how this group remained the source of important contacts that lasted throughout Lipsius's life. Epistolae by Tunberg, Terence O. / Renaissance Quarterly There was, indeed, among slaves a permitted cohabitation called contubernium, but it brought with it no civil rights. The private law of race and sex: an antebellum perspective by Davis, Adrienne D. / Stanford Law Review Et negabit aliquis mares feminasque ideo conspicuos nasci preserrim in muruam benivolentiam proclives nisi ut videndo, una contubernium habendo ac simul vitam traducendo oblecrentur? Marriage, sexual pleasure, and learned brides in the wedding orations ... by D'Elia, Anthony F. / Renaissance Quarterly			controllable controlled controlled by controlled substance controller controllers controlling controlling factors controlling force controlling influence controlling law controlling power controlment Controver controversia controversial controversion controversus controversy controversy before a court controvert controvertibility controvertible controverting controvertist Contubernium contumacious contumaciousness contumacy contumax contumelious contumeliousness contumely contund contuse Contusion Conusance Conusant Conusor convalesce convalescence convalescent convalescent case convenance convenant convene convenience conveniences convenient convenient time convenientia			Controversion Controversion Controversion Controversor controversus controversy controversy controversy controversy before a court Controversy on investiture controvert controvert controverted controverted Controverter controvertibility controvertible controvertible controverting controverting Controvertist Controvertist controverts controverts Contrucción Comparativa CONTRUCK contrude CONTU Contubernal Contubernia Contubernium Contucci, Andrea contumacies contumacies contumacies contumacious contumacious contumaciously contumaciously contumaciousness contumaciousness contumacy contumacy contumacy Contumacy (in Canon Law) Contumacy (in Canon Law) Contumacy (in Canon Law) Contumax contumelies contumelies contumelious contumelious contumeliously contumeliously contumeliousness contumely contumely contund Contus Contus Contus

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