In the civil law. The son of a family; an unemancipated son. Inst. 2, 12, pr.; Id. 4, 5, 2; Story, Confl. Laws, § 61. Filius in utero matris est pars visce- rum matris. 7 Coke, 8. A son in the moth- er's womb is part of the mother's vitals.
FILIUS FAMILIASmain
Rapalje & Lawrence • 1888
- An unemancipated son, yet under the power and control of his father. Story Confl. L. 61. Filius in utero matris est pars viscerum matris (7) Co. 8): A son in the mother's womb is part of the mother's vitals. FILIUS MULIERATUS.-The eldest legitimate son of a woman who was illicitly connected with his father before marriage. 2 Bl. Com. 248. See MULIER.
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