Senatus consultum Macedonianum

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Loans to sons in potestate were subject to various kinds of fraud, and the senatus consultum Macedonianum, passed during the time of Vespasian, prevented creditors from suing on most such loans.[1] Note potestate means power in Latin.

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References

  1. ^ J.A. Crook, Law and Life of Rome (Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press), 109.