Legal Definition and Related Resources of Paterfamilias

One invested with patria potestas over another ; a man sui juris or not under the authority of another. (Roman Law.)

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Paterfamilias in the Dictionary of Law consisting of Judicial Definitions and Explanations of Words, Phrases and Maxims

The father (head) of a family; one not subject to paternal power, but sui juris.

Note: This legal definition of Paterfamilias in the Dictionary of Law (English and American Jurisprudence) is from 1893.