Note 213 — Chapter V · PERSONAL RANK. THE FREEMAN. THE NOBLE.
Reading edition
Conf. Grimm, Deut. Rechtsalt. 283. The Latin laws of the Middle Ages usually adopt the words, Liber, liber homo, ingenuus. In reference to the noble, he is mediocris, minofledus, καταδεέστερος; in respect of his wife, he is baro.