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*ius civile -the law applying to Roman citizens. **ius gentium -the law common to all peoples. *ius honorarium -the law developed in edicts issued by the praetors during the Republic and early Empire, aiding, supplementing or amending existing rules or procedures of the ius civile . It was finalized in the 2nd century A.D. in the Edictum Perpetuum . The procedures developed by the praetors (the formulary system) were superseded in the 3rd century by the cognitiones . *legis actio -any action at law. Also, the “causes of action” in early Roman law. **maiestas -the term applied to a number of criminal offenses against the state, including treason, sedition, desertion from the army and, later, offenses against the emperor and his family. **mancipatio -the formal transfer of property by bronze and scales (per aes et libram ). Only res mancipi may be so transferred. It was also the procedure for making a will, for the passing of a woman into marital subordination, for bringing people into bondage for the purpose of adoption or emancipation, or as the result of a noxal action. **manumissio -the freeing of a slave. Also used for the release from bondage following emancipatio . *manus -the power of the pater familias over his wife and his sons’ wives. *minor -a person over the age of puberty (cf. impubes )but under the age of 25. If sui iuris they had full legal capacity, though they could be protected by a grant of restitutio in integrum (the right to rescind transactions) under certain circumstances. **noxal surrender -the handing over of a slave or animal as compensation to the victim of a delict committed by him. obligatio consensu contracta -a contract entered into by mere agreement.