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#2260 June 2010
Capitis Deminutio Maxima Capital letters have lots of meanings. See the difference between: Bush and bush Capitis deminutio is a term used in Roman trials referring to the extinguishing, either in whole or in part, of a person's former legal capacity. There were three changes of state or condition attended with different consequences, maxima, media and minima. capitis deminutio minima, consisted of a person ceasing to belong to a particular family, without loss of liberty or citizenship. capitis deminutio media, consisted of a loss of citizenship and family without any forfeiture of personal liberty. The greatest, capitis deminutio maxima, involved the loss of liberty, citizenship, and family (e.g. being made a slave or prisoner of war). (Thomas Mackenzie Mackenzie and John Kirkpatrick: Studies in Roman Law.Chapter II, pp. 71–2.) Translation: Capitis means of head (genitive case of caput), deminutiomeans decrease or withdrawal, and maxima, media, and minima means the greatest, medium, and the least.
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