Noxal surrender

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Noxal surrender was a provision of Roman law when a delict was brought against a paterfamilias for a wrong committed by a son or slave. The defendant had the option in that instance of surrendering the dependant rather than paying the full damages.[1]

References

  1. ^ Alan Watson, Roman Law & Comparative Law (London: University of Georgia, 1991), 75.


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