- Concubinage: Its nature
Concubinage was the term applied to a permanent union between a man and woman which lacked affectio maritalis, i.e. the parties had no intention of marrying. Parties to this relationship had to be of marriageable age and had to be outside the prohibited relationships. It was forbidden for a man to have both a wife and a concubine, or two concubines; nor was he allowed to take another man's wife as his concubine.
- Children
A child born in concubinage was illegitimate. It was considered as a cognate of the mother and could be legitimated.
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- Marriage and Roman Law
+ Marriage (I): Its nature
+ Marriage (II): Sponsalia
+ Marriage (III): Its requisites
+ Marriage (IV): Laws of Augustus
+ Marriage (V): Forms of marriage
+ Marriage (VII): Dissolution of marriage
+ Marriage (VIII): Matrimonial property
+ Marriage (IX): Children
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Source:
Roman Law, L. B. Curzon, page 43.
