Coemptio could occur not only with a husband but also with an outsider.
2.
Coemptio was presumably a rare practice even during the 2nd century BC under Gaius.
3.
If a wife became cum manu through the process of coemptio divorced, then she became emancipated.
4.
However, this process is deemed for the sake of trust not for the sake of marriage . Coemptio was only a convenient legal practice.
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According to du Plessis, " a ceremonial resale of the wife terminated marriage by " coemptio " ( and probably by " usus ", too ) ", as a reversal of the marriage procedure.