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DEPORTATIO

Categories: Property

Definition (1910 Edition)

Origin: Civil Law

Lat. In the civil law. A kind of banishment, where a condemned person was sent or carried away to sonie foreign country, usually to an island, (in ineulam deportatur,) and thus taken out of the number of Roman citizens.
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain. UK commentary and modern updates are original additions. This entry is for educational reference only and does not constitute legal advice.