Introduction to Roman Law, in Twelve Academical Lectures |
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Page 77
... debt , by sacramentum or judicial wager ; dangers to the plaintiff from overstating or misstating his claim . 2. In bringing an action to recover a piece of land , where , over a representative clod , the parties asserted their claims ...
... debt , by sacramentum or judicial wager ; dangers to the plaintiff from overstating or misstating his claim . 2. In bringing an action to recover a piece of land , where , over a representative clod , the parties asserted their claims ...
Page 79
... debt of ten thousand pounds , which he claims to be due to him . Under the later law , as briefly described in the last lecture , the creditor would bring his debtor into the prætor's presence ; and the prætor , after hearing the ...
... debt of ten thousand pounds , which he claims to be due to him . Under the later law , as briefly described in the last lecture , the creditor would bring his debtor into the prætor's presence ; and the prætor , after hearing the ...
Page 81
... debt is nine thousand nine hundred instead of ten thousand pounds . Plainly the court must give judgment against the plaintiff . The ques- tion for them to decide is , whether he has won his bet or lost it . His bet was , that the ...
... debt is nine thousand nine hundred instead of ten thousand pounds . Plainly the court must give judgment against the plaintiff . The ques- tion for them to decide is , whether he has won his bet or lost it . His bet was , that the ...
Page 115
... debts that might be incurred , but only to the extent of the peculium which he himself had advanced he was considered as having authorized his slave to hazard that amount of capital , to incur that amount of indebtedness , but nothing ...
... debts that might be incurred , but only to the extent of the peculium which he himself had advanced he was considered as having authorized his slave to hazard that amount of capital , to incur that amount of indebtedness , but nothing ...
Page 123
... debt due from the father was visited with severe punishment . At the same time a right to hold property of his own began to be conceded to the filiusfamilias in certain exceptional cases . The first exception of this kind seems to have ...
... debt due from the father was visited with severe punishment . At the same time a right to hold property of his own began to be conceded to the filiusfamilias in certain exceptional cases . The first exception of this kind seems to have ...
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