vindiciae

vindĭcĭae, ārum (in sing. vindĭ-cĭa, ae, XII. Tab. ap. Fest. p. 376 Müll.; cf. Serv. Sulp. ib. and Gell. 20, 10, 8), f. [vindico], a laying claim to a thing before the praetor by both contending parties (hence in plur.); a legal claim made in respect to a thing, whether as one's own property, or for its restoration to a free condition:

vindiciae appellantur res eae, de quibus controversia... Ser. Sulpicius (vocabulo) jam singulariter formato vindiciam ait esse, quā de re controversia est, ab eo quod vindicatur,

Fest. p. 376 Müll.:

vindicia, id est correptio manūs in re atque in loco praesenti apud Praetorem ex duodecim tabulis fiebat,

Gell. 20, 10, 8: SI VINDICIAM FALSAM TVLIT REI SIVE LITIS, i. e. has falsely obtained possession of the thing claimed, XII. Tab. ap. Fest. p. 376 Müll.:

aut pro praede litis vindiciarum cum satis accepisset, sponsionem faceret,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 45, § 115:

injustis vindiciis ac sacramentis alienos fundos petere,

id. Mil. 27, 74:

vindicias ab libertate in servitutem dare,

to sentence a free person to slavery, Liv. 3, 56, 4; 3, 57, 5; cf. Weissenb. ad Liv. 3, 44, 5;

for which: quo (ore) vindiciae nuper ab libertate dictae erant,

Liv. 3, 57, 6:

praetores secundum populum vindicias dicunt, Cato ap. Fest. l. l.: decrēsse vindicias secundum servitutem,

Liv. 3, 47, 5:

M. Claudio clienti negotium dedit, ut virginem in servitutem assereret neque cederet secundum libertatem postulantibus vindicias,

i. e. to those who demanded her liberation, her liberty, id. 3, 44, 5; cf.

, of the praetor: lege ab ipso lata vindicias det secundum libertatem,

id. 3, 44, 12 Weissenb. ad loc.:

cum decemviri Romae sine provocatione fuerunt, tertio illo anno, cum vindicias amisisset ipsa libertas,

Cic. Rep. 3, 32, 44.