Legal Definitions - forisfamiliate

Forisfamiliate means to free a son from his father's control by giving him land. This was usually done in the past and made the son unable to inherit more property.

• When the father gave his son a piece of land, he forisfamiliated him, which meant that the son was no longer under his father's authority.
• Forisfamiliation was a common practice in ancient Rome, where fathers would give their sons land to make them independent.

These examples illustrate how forisfamiliation was used in the past to free sons from their father's control and make them independent by giving them land.