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... means of a very subtle and even violent interpretation ; but it is equally true that this was the only way in which the law of the Corpus juris could have been changed into a law in accordance with the wants of the times . It was in ...
... means of a very subtle and even violent interpretation ; but it is equally true that this was the only way in which the law of the Corpus juris could have been changed into a law in accordance with the wants of the times . It was in ...
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... means of the major premiss thus discovered is termed the analogical application ' of the given rule of law . The application , then , of a principle ( a major premiss ) which is given , we call Inference ; the application of a principle ...
... means of the major premiss thus discovered is termed the analogical application ' of the given rule of law . The application , then , of a principle ( a major premiss ) which is given , we call Inference ; the application of a principle ...
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... mean ( as the lay mind is apt to imagine ) the application of a given rule of law to a legal relation of a somewhat ... means of the form in which it presents these rules of law . For , as in the abundance of matter we are fain to look ...
... mean ( as the lay mind is apt to imagine ) the application of a given rule of law to a legal relation of a somewhat ... means of the form in which it presents these rules of law . For , as in the abundance of matter we are fain to look ...
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... means literally that which is ' laid ' or ' fixed , ' in other words , a statute . ' In the language of the Romans lex means anything which is laid down ' ' settled , ' and which , being proposed in a certain form by one party , is ...
... means literally that which is ' laid ' or ' fixed , ' in other words , a statute . ' In the language of the Romans lex means anything which is laid down ' ' settled , ' and which , being proposed in a certain form by one party , is ...
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... means of such interpretation that the so - called ' In Jure Cessio ' was now developed . In jure cessio was a new way of conferring a legal title by means of a fictitious lawsuit before the magistrate . The beginnings of in jure cessio ...
... means of such interpretation that the so - called ' In Jure Cessio ' was now developed . In jure cessio was a new way of conferring a legal title by means of a fictitious lawsuit before the magistrate . The beginnings of in jure cessio ...
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acquired action agnatic autem bona fide bonorum possessio capacity capitis deminutio causa century civil law claim Code condemnatio condemned contract Corpus juris civilis correal creditor debt debtor decemviri defendant Digest effect ejus emperor entitled exceptio doli fact fidei fiduciae filiusfamilias formal formula formulary procedure Gajus German glossators heir inheritance Institutes intentio ipso jure judex judicial judicium jure cessio jurisprudence juristic act juristic person jus civile jus gentium Justinian leges legis actio liability litis contestatio magistrate mancipatio manus injectio means merely nexum obligation owner ownership Pandects Papinian parties patria potestas person plaintiff possession potest praetor praetorian edict praetorian law principle private law proceedings purpose quae quod Röm Roman citizen Roman law sense servitude slave so-called stipulatio stricti juris sunt thing traditio transaction Twelve Tables ULPIAN usucapio usus words
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Page 58 - Jus praetorium est quod praetores introduxerunt adjuvandi vel supplendi vel corrigendi juris civilis gratia propter utilitatem publicam.
Page 48 - ... quod vero naturalis ratio inter omnes homines constituit, id apud omnes populos peraeque custoditur, vocaturque ius gentium, quasi quo iure omnes gentes utuntur.
Page xxx - That an English writer of the time of Henry III. should have been able to put off on his countrymen as a compendium of pure English law a treatise of which the entire form and a third of the contents were directly borrowed from the Corpus Juris...
Page 344 - Est etiam alia species imaginariae solutionis per aes et libram ; quod et ipsum genus certis in causis receptum est, veluti si quid eo nomine debeatur quod per aes et libram gestum sit, sive quid ex judicati causa debeatur.
Page 358 - Legal' must be here understood as equivalent to ' by virtue of a law '. 1. Sunt autem adgnati per virilis sexus cognationem conjunct!, quasi a patre cognati, veluti frater eodem patre natus, fratris filius neposve ex eo, item patruus et patrui filius neposve ex eo. At qui per feminini sexus personas cognatione junguntur, non sunt adgnati, sed alias natural!
Page 311 - Cum autem emptio et venditio contracta sit (quod effici 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 19 - Contra legem facit, qui id facit quod lex prohibet, in fraudem vero, qui salvis verbis legis sententiam eius circumvenit.
Page 16 - Publicum ius est quod ad statum rei Romanae spectat, privatum quod ad singulorum utilitatem: sunt enim quaedam publice utilia, quaedam privatim.
Page 235 - Traditio nihil amplius transferre debet vel potest ad eum, qui accipit, quam est apud eum, qui tradit. Si igitur quis dominium in fundo habuit, id tradendo transfert, si non habuit, ad eum qui accipit, nihil transfert.
Page 142 - Is cui bonis interdictum est stipulando sibi adquirit, tradere vero non potest vel promittendo obligari : et ideo nee fidejussor pro eo intervenire poterit, sicut nee pro furioso. III. All persons not specified in classes (i) and (ii) have full legal capacity for all juristic acts, including therefore the capacity to incur contractual liabilities of their own. According to Roman law, then, minors who are above the age of puberty, but under twenty§ 44.