CESSIO BONORUM (Latin for a " surrender of goods ")  , in See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, a voluntary surrender of goods by a debtor to his creditors . It did not amount to a See also:

• DISCHARGE (adapted from the O. Fr. discharge, modern decharge, from a med. Lat. discargare, to unload, dis- and earn care, to load, cf. " charge ")

discharge unless the See also:

• PROPERTY

property ceded was sufficient for the purpose, but it secured the debtor from See also:

• PERSONAL

personal See also:

• ARREST (Fr. arrester, arreeter, to stop or stay)

arrest . The creditors sold the goods in See also:

• SATISFACTION (Lat. salisfacerc, to satisfy)

satisfaction, See also:

• PRO

pro tanto, of their claims . The See also:

• PROCEDURE (Fr. procedure, from Lat. procedere, to go for-ward)

procedure of cessio bonorum avoided See also:

• INFAMY (Lat. infamia)

infamy, and the debtor, though his after-acquired property might be proceeded against, could not be deprived of the See also:

• BARE

bare necessaries of See also:

• LIFE

life . The See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main features of the Roman law of cessio bonorum were adopted in Scots law, and also in the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French legal See also:

• SYSTEM

system .