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Definition: ADROGATION

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A kind of adoption in ancient Rome.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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"Adrogation" is a common misspelling or typo for: arrogation.

Date "Adrogation" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Etymology:Adrogation \Ad`ro*ga"tion\, noun. [Latin expression adrogatio, arrogatio, from adrogare. See Arrogate.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: ADROGATION

Domain Definition
Law ADROGATION, civil law. The adoption of one who was impubes, that is, if a male, under fourteen years of age; if a female, under twelve. Dig. 1, 7, 17, 1. (references)

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Extended Definition: ADROGATION

Adrogation

Adrogation, among ancient Romans, was a kind of adoption in which the person adopted was free, and consented to be adopted by another. It was done at the assembly of the people while the commonwealth subsisted, and later by a rescript of the emperors.

This is contrasted with arrogation, in which one claims another for oneself without the right.

This article incorporates content from the 1728 Cyclopaedia, a publication in the public domain.

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