mancipium (mancupium) ī, n manceps, a taking by hand, formal acceptance, taking possession, seisin, legal purchase: hoc in mancipio non dixerat, at the sale: in mancipi lege, in the contract of sale.

—A possession, property, right of ownership: mancipio dare . . . accipere, give . . . take formal possession.

—In the phrase, res mancipi (opp. res nec mancipi), property, the legal title to which was only transferred by formal delivery before witnesses (see mancipo): quae (res) mancipi sunt: quaero sintne ista praedia necne sint mancipi.

—A slave obtained by legal transfer: mancipia, quae dominorum sunt facta nexo aut aliquo iure civili: mancipia haec ducam ad Thaidem, T.: pecoris et mancipiorum praedae, S.: Mancipiis locuples, H.: argento parata mancipia, purchased slaves, L.: Se fore mancipio tempus in omne tuum, thy servant, O.