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Marriage without manus: the wife's legal family status remained as it had been before marriage.

A marriage with this relationship was cum manu; a marriage without it was sine manu. Both could be lawful marriages.

Distinguish the ways of acquiring manus—coemptio, confarreatio and usus—from the legal distinction between cum manu and sine manu.

Sine manu did not automatically make a woman independent: she could remain under her father's authority.

Marriage without manus: the wife's legal family status remained as it had been before marriage.

A marriage with this relationship was cum manu; a marriage without it was sine manu. Both could be lawful marriages.

Distinguish the ways of acquiring manus—coemptio, confarreatio and usus—from the legal distinction between cum manu and sine manu.

Sine manu did not automatically make a woman independent: she could remain under her father's authority.

Sine manu