College of Pontiffs
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pontifices
in the texts
Institutes of Roman Law
The Roman priestly college that examines adrogations before the Comitia Curiata and receives the emperor's epistle on adopting minors.
nunc ex epistula optimi imperatoris Antonini quam scripsit pontificibus, si iusta causa adoptionis esse uidebitur, cum quibusdam condicionibus permissum est.
at the present day, by the epistle of the Emperor Antoninus addressed to the pontifices, on evidence of a just cause of adoption, it is permitted, subject to certain conditions.
The Comitia Curiata, at which the College of Pontiffs is present, are convened, and examine whether the age of the adrogator does not rather qualify him for the natural procreation of children, and whether the estate of the adrogatus is not the object of fraudulent cupidity, and an oath, said to be framed by Q.
Ancient Law
The Roman priestly body with jurisdiction over the family rites (sacra).
The necessity of solemnising the sacra forms no part of the theory of civil law, but they are under the separate jurisdiction of the College of Pontiffs.
Dissertations on Early Law and Custom
Roman priestly body that received dues connected with the sacra privata.
In Cicero’s time the charges for them were still a heavy burden on Inheritances, but they seem to have followed a course of change not unusual elsewhere, and the payments for them were in the nature of fees or dues to the College of Pontiffs.