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PATRIA POTESTAS, Civil law. Paternal power; (q.v.) the authority which is lawfully exercised by the father over his children. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Note that the common law system was not an outgrowth of the doctrine of patria potestas that prevailed in pagan Rome. For example, discussing patria potestas, usually taken as a functioning social norm, Kuehn dwells on its varied and uncertain application in practice. In Roman culture this nearly absolute, coercive authority was called patria potestas, which in its range included the father's power of life and death over his children, beginning in infancy when a father chose to acknowledge and rear a child of "to expose" it, that is, throw the child away. |
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