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NEXI

\nˈɛksi], \nˈɛksi], \n_ˈɛ_k_s_i]\

Definitions of NEXI

1910 - Black's Law Dictionary (2nd edition)
1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases

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Lat. In Roman law. Bound; bound persons. A term applied to such insolvent debtors as were delivered up to their creditors, by whom they might be held in bondage until their debts were discharged. Calvin.; Adams, Rom. Ant. 49.

1910 - Black's Law Dictionary (2nd edition)
By Henry Campbell Black

[L.] Amongst the ancient Romans, free-born persons bound to a creditor for debt, and compelled to serve him until the debt was discharged. The condition of the man so bound was called Nexum.

1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
By Henry Percy Smith

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