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coemptio

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A quick definition of coemptio:

Coemptio was a type of marriage in ancient Rome where the husband "bought" the right to control his wife from her father through a fake sale. The father would sell his daughter to the husband in the presence of five Roman citizens and a balance-holder. The husband was called the coemptionator or coemptioner. This type of marriage was not used much by the end of the Republic period.

A more thorough explanation:

Definition: Coemptio (koh-emp-shee-oh) is a type of civil marriage in ancient Roman law where the husband "purchased" the right to exercise marital power over the woman from her father through a fictitious sale.

Coemptio was a formal procedure where the father of the woman sold her to the husband in the presence of five adult Roman citizens and a balance-holder. The sale was fictitious, and the husband was called the coemptionator or coemptioner. This type of marriage gave the husband the power to control the woman's property and make decisions on her behalf.

The importance of coemptio as a method of civil marriage declined by the end of the Republic period.

Example: In coemptio, the husband would pay a sum of money to the father of the woman, and the father would sell his daughter to the husband. The sale was not real, but it gave the husband the right to control the woman's property and make decisions on her behalf.

Explanation: This example illustrates how coemptio worked in ancient Roman law. The husband would "purchase" the right to control the woman's property and make decisions on her behalf through a fictitious sale. This type of marriage was formal and required the presence of five adult Roman citizens and a balance-holder.

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USC still has not looked at my app
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when did you submit soapy?
soapy
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10/16
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soapy
9:44
Feelin a bit stressed, as I've got no date change for Michigan either despite applying 10/7
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I applied 9/25 to like 6 schools and some (Houston) have no date change yet so dw
soapy
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But do people get in without addresses going long?
WorthlessAttractiveZombie
9:46
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soapy
9:46
Ah. I didn't. Looking back, my Mich supplement kind of sucks, so there's that
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ClassyPleasantHeron
10:01
The "date changes" at Michigan really don't mean anything. We had to do them in undergrad admissions whenever a Georgia applicant picked the country instead of the state, because we'd have to remove the TOEFL requirement and reassign the application from the international application readers.
soapy
10:06
Classy, does that mean they may look at your application, and that look doesn't necessarily trigger any date change?
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10:07
What a good day to get into law school
ClassyPleasantHeron
10:11
@soapy: I don't know for sure about the law school. For undergrad, once the application is complete, it's assigned to a reader the following Monday. If we had to make any changes, it's because a reader saw something that needed to be changed and the application needed to be re-read after that change.
soapy
10:12
Ahh, got it. Thank you for the insight!
ClassyPleasantHeron
10:14
You're welcome. FWIW, I have no idea what's up with the address changes. We didn't have to do any of that, except for the Georgia state vs country kinds of things.
soapy
10:15
I've heard it theorized that some schools will change the address from "St." --> "Street" as they prepare to send out admissions packets. That's the rumor, anyways.
i think it just indicates a change in status like under review or stages of review
my stanford address went long as soon as it was marked complete lmao
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