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Capitis deminutio or capitis diminutio (diminished capacity) is a term used in Roman law, referring to the extinguishing, either in whole or in part, of a person's former status and legal capacity. There were three changes of state or condition attended with different consequences: maxima, media, and minima.

The greatest, capitis deminutio maxima, involved the loss of liberty, citizenship, and family (e.g., being made a slave or prisoner of war). Capitis deminutio media consisted of a loss of citizenship and family without any forfeiture of personal liberty. Capitis deminutio minima consisted of a person ceasing to belong to a particular family, without loss of liberty or citizenship.[1]

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  1. ^ Thomas Mackenzie and John Kirkpatrick, Studies in Roman Law, Chapter II, pp. 71–72.
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