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patria potestas
the power vested in the paterfamilias or head of the Roman family with respect to his wife, natural or adopted children, and agnatic descendants: title to family property is vested exclusively in the paterfamilias. Property acquired by a family member becomes family property, and no family member can enter into a transaction in his or her own right. -
vested interest
a special interest in an existing system, arrangement, or institution for particular personal reasons. -
abeyance
a state of being suspended or put aside temporarily -
archiepiscopacy
a form of church government in which power is vested in archbishops. -
authority
The authorities are the people who have the power to make decisions and to make sure that laws are obeyed. -
citizenship
If you have citizenship of a country, you are legally accepted as belonging to it.