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... object which could not have been secured except by some such device , for the primitive Roman law recognised no claim to its support unless the claimant could in some way show that he was within the pale of the tribal constitution . But ...
... object which could not have been secured except by some such device , for the primitive Roman law recognised no claim to its support unless the claimant could in some way show that he was within the pale of the tribal constitution . But ...
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... object was to make the plebs an integral element in the state , and this could not have been done unless the reform of Servius had embraced every citizen , every inch of Roman soil . In point of fact , the new arrangement was based on ...
... object was to make the plebs an integral element in the state , and this could not have been done unless the reform of Servius had embraced every citizen , every inch of Roman soil . In point of fact , the new arrangement was based on ...
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... objects of enjoyment honoured above the rest were the forms of property known first and earliest to each particular com . munity , and dignified therefore emphatically with the designation of Property . On the other hand , the articles ...
... objects of enjoyment honoured above the rest were the forms of property known first and earliest to each particular com . munity , and dignified therefore emphatically with the designation of Property . On the other hand , the articles ...
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... object of this was to obtain a public guarantee for the rights which they conferred : a citizen who disputed such rights would be resisting the authority of the whole people . And it is conceivable that the idea of law backed by ...
... object of this was to obtain a public guarantee for the rights which they conferred : a citizen who disputed such rights would be resisting the authority of the whole people . And it is conceivable that the idea of law backed by ...
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... object of booty to the barbarians , the Western Empire was finally absorbed in their conquests A. D. 476 . From this brief notice of the political history we turn to a more appropriate subject , the condition of the law in the period ...
... object of booty to the barbarians , the Western Empire was finally absorbed in their conquests A. D. 476 . From this brief notice of the political history we turn to a more appropriate subject , the condition of the law in the period ...
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action actionem agnates alia aliena autem bona fide bonorum possessio capitis deminutio causa civil condictio contract creditor cuius debet debtor delict dominus edict eius enactment enim eorum erit etiam exceptio factum fidei fideicommissa fideicommissum fuerit furti furtum Gaius gentium heir heredem heredes hereditas hereditatem ideo iniuria instituted inter interdict iudex iudicio iure iuris ius civile ius gentium jurists Justinian latter legatum lege legis lex Aquilia lex Iulia liberi licet manumission modo neque nihil nisi obligatio obligation Papinian pecunia person plaintiff poena possessio possession possessionem possunt potest praetor quae quam quia quibus quidem quis quod quoque Roman law rule servus sibi sine sive slave stipulatio sui iuris sunt supr tamen tantum testamento testator Title tutela tutor Twelve Tables Ulpian usucapio usus veluti vero
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Page 636 - Ancient Law.' It may be said to consist of three dramatic acts or stages, the first of which presents to us an oral pleading or altercation. The subject of dispute, eg a slave — or if it be too large, a portion of it, is brought into court : whereupon the plaintiff, holding in one hand the festuca, or symbol of absolute dominion, grasped it with the other, and touching it with the festuca said ' hunc ego hominem (eg) ex iure Quiritium meum esse aio secundum suam causam sicut dixi : ecce tibi vindictam...
Page 100 - Ius autem civile vel gentium ita dividitur : omnes populi, qui legibus et moribus reguntur, partim suo proprio, partim communi omnium hominum iure utuntur : nam quod quisque populus ipse sibi ius constituit, id ipsius proprium civitatis est vocaturque ius civile, quasi ius proprium ipsius civitatis : quod vero naturalis ratio inter omnes homines constituit, id apud omnes populos pereaque custoditur vocaturque ius gentium, quasi quo iure omnes gentes utuntur.
Page 474 - Obligationum substantia non in eo consistit ut aliquod corpus nostrum aut servitutem nostram faciat, sed ut alium nobis obstringat ad dandum aliquid vel faciendum vel praestandum, Dig.
Page 103 - ... quod principi placuit, legis habet vigorem, cum lege regia, quae de imperio ejus lata est, populus ri et in eum omne suum imperium et potestatem concessit. Quodcumque igitur Imperator per epistulam constituit vel cognoscens decrevit vel edicto praecepit, legem esse constat : haec sunt, quae constitutiones appellantur.
Page 100 - Nam quod quisque populus ipse sibi ius constituit, id ipsius proprium est vocaturque ius civile, quasi ius proprium civitatis; quod vero naturalis ratio inter omnes homines constituit, id apud omnes populos peraeque custoditur vocaturque ius gentium, quasi quo iure omnes gentes utuntur. Populus itaque Romanus partim suo proprio, partim communi omnium hominum iure utitur.
Page 2 - ... harum et interpretandi scientia et actiones apud collegium pontificum erant, ex quibus constituebatur, quis quoquo anno praeesset privatis.
Page 247 - ... obsignatas non minus multis signis quam e lege oportet'). How far, and in what sense, such dispositions were upheld is deserving of careful notice, for nothing affords a more instructive or characteristic illustration of the mode in which the. praetorian law modified and supplemented the old ius civile.
Page 267 - ... proinde fit heres is cui in iure cesserit, ac si ipse per legem ad hereditatem uocatus esset.
Page 541 - Omnium actionum, quibus inter aliquos apud iudices arbi- 1 trosve de quaque re quaeritur, summa divisio in duo genera deducitur: aut enim in rem sunt aut in personam. namque agit unusquisque aut cum eo, qui ei obligatus est vel ex contractu vel ex maleficio, quo casu proditae actiones in...
Page 209 - Thesauros, quos quis in suo loco invenerit, divus Hadrianus 39 naturalem aequitatem secutus ei concessit qui invenerit. idemque statuit, si quis in sacro aut in religioso loco fortuito casu invenerit. at si quis in alieno loco non data ad hoc opera, sed fortuitu invenerit, dimidium domino soli concessit. et convenienter, si quis in Caesaris loco invenerit, dimidium inventoris, dimidium Caesaris esse statuit.