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forisfamiliate

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A quick definition of forisfamiliate:

Term: forisfamiliate

Definition: Forisfamiliate means to free a son from his father's control by giving him land. This usually meant that the son could not inherit any more property. It is also known as forisfamiliare.

A more thorough explanation:

Forisfamiliate means to free a son from his father's control by giving him land. This was usually done in the past and made the son unable to inherit more property.

  • When the father gave his son a piece of land, he forisfamiliated him, which meant that the son was no longer under his father's authority.
  • Forisfamiliation was a common practice in ancient Rome, where fathers would give their sons land to make them independent.

These examples illustrate how forisfamiliation was used in the past to free sons from their father's control and make them independent by giving them land.

forisfactus servus | forisfamiliated

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I saw that, and I saw you got the Georgetown interview invite yesterday too! Goodluck!
you too haha, i was super surprised to have received one so early not gonna lie
i heard the group interview is really chill and I'm kinda excited to do it
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Yeah, 7sage has a page that talks about the questions for each schools interview, GULC's seems unique
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ive heard the conversion rate for gulc group interview is pretty high even moreso if you have the stats
it's hard to say but i've also heard that the group interview is harder to get than the alumni interview. but who really knows tbh
im p sure they don't interview everyone and getting one this early should be a great sign!
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Yeah I've heard the same ab the group interview
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So maybe I'll see you in D.C. a year from now lmao
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Anyone going to the UGA zoom thing on the 22nd?
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My bad, 24th*
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@Law-Guy: How'd you get the Vandy fee waiver?
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What does going ur3 in 3 days mean at Uva 😅
that you will get UR2 in 3 more
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somethings gotta give
I’m new. What’s the UR and UR2?
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I already went ur2. It’s the 3rd status date change
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@RustyWrangler: attend one of their virtual info sessions and they'll send you a fee waiver
@Law-Guy: Awesome, thanks! I'll sign up rn!
i'm not entirely sure
They've recently been sending a lot of interview invites
It means status change?
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