Lex Fufia Caninia
Lex Fufia Caninia circ. A.D. 4, limited the number of slaves who could be manumitted by will (Gaius, 1.42-46; Inst. 1.7; Ulpian, Reg. 1.24, 25; Paul. Sent. rec. 4.14; Cod. 7, 3; Sueton. Aug. 40). It is also sometimes called Furia or Fusia Caninia. [MANUMISSIO]
From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.