FŪRIA or FŪSĬA CĂNĪNĬA limited the number of slaves to be
manumitted by testament.
FŪRIA or FŪSĬA TESTĂMENTĀRĬA, enacted that a testator should not
give more than three-fourths of his property in legacies, thus
securing one-fourth to the heres.
GĂBĪNĬA TĂBELLĀRĬA. [LEGES TABELLARIAE.] There were various
Gabiniae Leges, some of which were privilegia, as that for
conferring extraordinary power on Cn. Pompeius for conducting the
war against the pirates. A Gabinia Lex, B.C. 58, forbade all loans
of money at Rome to legationes from foreign parts. The object of
the lex was to prevent money being borrowed for the purpose of
bribing the senators at Rome.