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... contract of sale , viz . the expression of the concordant will of the parties . Thus from the legal rules concerning sales we gather certain major premisses , or general rules , concerning this element of ' agreement , ' which rules ...
... contract of sale , viz . the expression of the concordant will of the parties . Thus from the legal rules concerning sales we gather certain major premisses , or general rules , concerning this element of ' agreement , ' which rules ...
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... contract of sale , you have a right to keep it , and a third party into whose possession it comes , is bound to hand it over to you . The scientific exposition would be in this fashion . First , ownership is a right , unlimited in its ...
... contract of sale , you have a right to keep it , and a third party into whose possession it comes , is bound to hand it over to you . The scientific exposition would be in this fashion . First , ownership is a right , unlimited in its ...
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... contract a lawful marriage , that is , a marriage of the kind contracted by Roman citizens . Thus the great reform had been accomplished as far as private law was con- cerned . The plebeian and the patrician now ranked legally as equals ...
... contract a lawful marriage , that is , a marriage of the kind contracted by Roman citizens . Thus the great reform had been accomplished as far as private law was con- cerned . The plebeian and the patrician now ranked legally as equals ...
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... contract , too , § 11 . was narrow and meagre , like the whole life of this early period . We have stated that mancipatio is a ready - money transaction . It does not , as such , bind the purchaser to pay the price , but only makes such ...
... contract , too , § 11 . was narrow and meagre , like the whole life of this early period . We have stated that mancipatio is a ready - money transaction . It does not , as such , bind the purchaser to pay the price , but only makes such ...
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... contract different in kind from the legal transactions which had been handed down from olden times . For the extent of the obligation en- gendered by these transactions was rigorously determined by the letter of the agreement ; in ...
... contract different in kind from the legal transactions which had been handed down from olden times . For the extent of the obligation en- gendered by these transactions was rigorously determined by the letter of the agreement ; in ...
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according acquired action agnatic autem bona fides bonorum possessio causa civil law claim Code condemnatio contract Corpus juris Corpus juris civilis correal creditor debt debtor defendant effect emperor Empire entitled exceptio fact fidei fiducia filiusfamilias formal formula German law heir heredes hereditatis husband infra inheritance Institutes intentio ipso jure judex judicium jure cessio juris civilis jurisprudence juristic act juristic person jus civile jus gentium jus honorarium Justinian lege legis actio liability litis contestatio magistrate mancipatio manus marriage means merely nexum obligation owner ownership Pandects Papinian parties patria potestas plaintiff possession potest praetor praetorian edict praetorian law principle private law purpose quae quod Röm Roman law Rome rule sense servitude slave stipulatio stricti juris sunt supra testamentary testator thing traditio transaction Twelve Tables ULPIAN usucapio usus vindicatio words
Popular passages
Page 27 - Publicum ius est quod ad statum rei Romanae spectat, privatum quod ad singulorum utilitatem: sunt enim quaedam publice utilia, quaedam privatim.
Page 74 - ... quod vero naturalis ratio inter omnes homines constituit, id apud omnes populos peraeque custoditur, vocaturque ius gentium, quasi quo iure omnes gentes utuntur.
Page 463 - Gentiles sunt, qui inter se eodem nomine sunt. Non est satis. Qui ab ingenuis oriundi sunt. Ne id quidem satis est. Quorum majorum nemo servitutem servivit. Abest etiam nunc. Qui capite non sunt deminuti.
Page 413 - Cum autem emptio et venditio contracta sit (quod effici 3 diximus, simulatque de pretio convenerit, cum sine scriptura res agitur), periculum rei venditae statim ad emptorem pertinet, tametsi adhuc ea res emptori tradita non sit.
Page 457 - Sed et in strictis judiciis ex rescripto divi Marci, opposita doli mali exceptione, compensatio inducebatur.
Page 183 - Lege Cornelia testamenta eorum, qui in hostium potestate decesserint, perinde confirmantur, ac si hi, qui ea fecissent, in hostium potestatem non pervenissent ; et hereditas ex his eodem modo ad unumquemque pertinet.
Page 586 - ... possessio alicui data est, pro herede aut pro possessore possideat, id ei, cui bonorum possessio data est, restituere debeat. pro herede autem possidere videtur, qui putat se heredem esse: pro possessore is possidet, qui nullo iure rem hereditariam vel etiam totam hereditatem sciens ad se non pertinere possidet.
Page 53 - Aeris, confessi, rebusque jure judicatis, XXX dies justi sunto. Post deinde manus injectio- esto. In jus ducito.
Page 288 - Serviana, quae etiam hypothecaria vocatur: in personam veluti quibus de eo agitur, quod aut metus causa aut dolo malo factum est, item qua id, quod certo loco promissum est, petitur.
Page 287 - ... argentum, iudex non ipsam rem condemnat eum cum quo actum est, sicut olim fieri solebat, sed aestimata re pecuniam eum condemnat.