 However, the power he held over her was limited in comparison to that which he held over his own daughter; he lacked, for example, the legal right of life and death, "noxal surrender" or "sale" over her.This change of status, known as "capitis diminutio minima", conferred on the wife the title of "materfamilias".The wife in a "cum manu" marriage held no proprietary capacity, meaning she could not own any property.