Page images
PDF
EPUB
[blocks in formation]

of, 459

GREGORIAN, account of the, 87 HERMOGENIAN, account of the, ibid.

of LOUISIANA, account of, 462, 463 NAPOLÉON, account of the, 460, 461 of the OSTROGOTHS, 95, 96 THEODOSIAN, account of the, 88, seq.

of the VISIGOTHS, 93 Codes, the Barbarian, account of, 93, seq.

Codicils, law relating to, 338 Codification, progress of, in imperial times, 86, seq.

in EGYPT, recent, 462

in FRANCE, account of, 460, seq. in GERMANY, account of, 458, 459 in the UNITED STATES, 462 Coemptio-what it was, 278 Cognatio-what it was, 282, seq. Cognitio extraordinaria—what it was, 47, 342, 356, 368 Cognitor, the, his functions, 137 Collegia, law relating to, 119, 121 Colonus, law relating to a, 230, 259 partiarius-who was a, 231 Comites consistoriani-who they were, 375

Comitia calata, account of, 62, 63 centuriata, account of the, 65, 68, seq.

curiata, account of the, 62, seq.

its functions in adoption, 276 tributa, account of the, 62, seq. Commercio, res in, meaning of, 124 Commissoria, lex-what it was, 229 Commodatum, law relating to contract of, 217

Communes res-what they were, 124 Compensatio-what it was, 186 Compromissum-what it was, 188

Condemnatio, in the "formula what it was, 44

[ocr errors]

Condictio, account of process called, 345, 352

furtiva-what it was, 249 Condictionem (per), account of the action, 41

Conditions, as modifying acts, 141 Conductor operis-who he was, 230 Confarreatio-what it was, 278 Confusio (merger)-what it was, 195 Connubium, rights implied in, 280, 281

Consensu, law relating to contracts so called; 222, 367

Consent, as an element in marriage, 280

Consistorium, the imperial-what it was, 27, 374, 390 CONSTANTINE, his enactment as to authority of jurists, 37

his reforms, 371, 372 CONSTANTINOPLE, accounts of school of law at, 35, 36, 102-104 Constituere pecuniam-what it was,

209

Constitutio principis-what was a, 79, was the pact

80 Constitutum-what known as, 246 "Consultation with an ancient jurisconsult," account of the, 92, 93 Consultationes-what they were, 375, 389

Contract of letting and hiring, law relating to, 230

Contractus, principles relating to, 215 Contraria actiones, 353

Corporations, law relating to, 118, seq. Corporeal "things"-what they were, 123

Corpus Juris Canonici, account of, 432, 433

Correi-what they were, 173, 195 CORUNCANIUS, TIBERIUS, the first who professed law, 21

Court of Admiralty, account of the, 454, 455

Chancery, account of the, 454 Chivalry, account of the, 454, 455 Courts, ecclesiastical, in England, account of, 454, 456

university, in England, account of,
456

CUJAS, account of, 425, 426
Culpa, account of and degrees of, 138
Curatela-what it was, 291

bonorum distrahendorum gratiâ— what it was, 193

Curator distrahendorum bonorumwhat he was, 179, 180, 193

Curatores, law relating to, 290, seq. Curia-what it was, 120 Curia, effect of presenting a child before the, 274 "Customary" provinces of FRANCE

-what they were, 435, 436 Customs (French), codification of, 439

Damni infecti, proceedings in action called, 181

Damnosa hereditas-what it was, 329 Dativus tutor-who he was, 292 Debts, transfer of, law regulating, 189, 190

Decemviri stlitibus judicandis-who they were, 42

Decree what it was in canon law, 427

Decrees, imperial, account of the, 81 Decretal epistle-what it was, 427 Decretum of GRATIAN, account of, 429-32

Decurio, legitimising effect of under

taking the functions of a, 274 Decuriones-what they were, 120 Defensor civitatis-who he was, 374 Degrees of relationship, mode of reckoning, 283

Delicta, law relating to, 246

Delivery, its place in the contract of

[blocks in formation]

of canons, 427

Directæ actiones-what they were, 353
Diribitores-who they were, 72
Discount, law relating to, 172
Distinctiones-what they were in
canon law, 430

Divini juris, res-what they were, 124
Divorce, law relating to, 285, seq.
Dolus malus, as affecting legal capa-
city, 134
Domicile, law of, 116

Dominium-what it was, 147, 148, 258 import of legal term, 147, 148 Donatio mortis causâ—what it was,335 propter nuptias, law relating to, 289

Dos, account of, 154, 155 law relating to, 287 adventitia-what it was, ibid. profectitia-what it was, ibid. receptitia-what it was, ibid. Dotalia instrumenta-what they were, 278

Dower, account of, 154, 155 Droit écrit and droit coutumier, account of, 434, seq.

DUCK, ARTHUR, his treatise, 433, 436, 445

Dupli stipulatio-what it was, 228
Duplicatio-what it was, 350
Duumviri-who they were, 374

Ecclesiastical courts in England, account of, 454, 456

in JUSTINIAN'S time, 378, 379 Ecloga-what was the, 396 Edict, the Edile's, account of, 50 account of the imperial, So the prætor's, account of, 51

of THEODORIC, account of the, 95, 96

Edictum Carbonianum-what it was, 362

Editio instrumentorum—what it was, 386

Education, legal, JUSTINIAN's reforms of, 394

in JUSTINIAN's time, 36, 102, seq. EGYPT, account of recent codification in, 462

Emphyteusis, account of right called, 152, 153

law relating to contract of, 243 Emptio venditio, law relating to contract of, 223

ENGLAND, account of civil law in, 443, seq.

Entrance on inheritance, law relating to, 328, seq.

Epanagoge, BASIL'S, account of, 398
Episcopalis audientia-what it was, 378
Eviction-law relating to, 226
Evidence, law of, in JUSTINIAN'S
time, 383, seq.

Exarchate of RAVENNA, as a seat of
JUSTINIAN'S law, 419
Exceptio, what it was, 350
"Exceptions," as defences to actions,

56 Exercitores, law relating to, 210, 257 Existimatio (reputation), as an element of personality, 111, seq. Expensilatio-what it was, 221 Extraordinaria cognitio-what it was 47, 342, 356, 368

Extravagantes (in canon law)—what they were, 433

Factum, actiones in-what they were,

353

Falcidian law-what it was, 335
Falcidia portio-what it was, ibid.
"False decretals," the, account of,
428

Fatalis dies-what it was, 391
Father, historical account

of his

parental rights, 268 Fictitious or artificial persons, law relating to, 118, seq. Fideicommissa, law relating to, 336, seq., 366

Fidejussio, law relating to, 220 Fiduciary guardianship—what it was, 294

FLAVIUS, LUCIUS, his publication of Actiones legis, 17

Force, as affecting legal capacity, 134 Formula, the-what it was, 44, 371 Formule, classification of, 351 Formulary system, the-what it was, 44, 347, seq., 371

FORTESCUE on the civil and the common law, 450, 455, 456 FRANCE, account of the civil law in, 434

account of codification in, 460, seq. Fraud, as affecting legal capacity, 134 Freedman, law relating to a, 259, seq. FREDERICK THE GREAT'S code,

account of, 459

Fruits, law relating to, 128
Fundus, use of term, 126
Fungible "things "-what they were,
128

Furtum, law relating to, 247, seq.

GAIUS, account of, 29-31

account of the jurists in his time, 26 discovery of his Institutes by Niebuhr, 30

Gaming contracts (alea), law relating to, 175

General average, law relating to, 212 Germani-what they were, 284 GLANVILLE, account of his treatise, 452

Glossators, account of the, 423, seq. GRATIAN, account of his Decretum,

429-432

GREGORIAN code, account of the, 87 GREGORY IX., his influence on the

canon laws, 432

GROTIUS, his work on DUTCH jurisprudence, 457

Guarantee, how far implied in sale, 227

Guardians, law relating to, 290, seq., 367

HADRIAN, his rescript as to the jurisconsults, 26

HARMENOPULUS' Hexabiblus-what it was, 402, 403

his Promptuarium, 403, 405 Hereditas damnosa-what it was, 329 Heres necessarius-who he was, 324 Heretics, laws affecting, 115 HERMOGENIAN code, account of the, 87

Hexabiblus HARMENOPULI, account of the, 402, 403

HOLLAND, influence of Roman law in, 457

Honoraria actiones-what they were, 353

HUMANISTS-who they were, 426 Husband and wife, law relating to, 276, seq.

law relating to property of, 178 Hypotheca, the right of, in relation to ownership, 153

Ignorance of fact and of law, effect of, 133

Illustres, meaning of terms, 372, 374, 375 Immovable

[ocr errors]

were, 126

[ocr errors]

things - what they

Imperium-what was the, 46

Incestuous marriages, law relating to, 285

Incorporeal "things" - what they

were, 123

Infamy, penalty of, when it attached,

56, 112, 113, 192 Infants, their incapacities, 132 Infancy, limit of period of, 108 Injuria, law relating to, 253 Inofficiosum testamentum, consequences and nature of a, 113, 266, 326

Insinuatio-what it was, 165 Insolvency, law relating to, 179 Institutes of GAIUS, discovery of, 30 JUSTINIAN, account of the, 100 Instrumenta domus-what they were, 128

dotalia-what they were, 278 Instrumentum fundi-what it was,

127

Insurance contracts, law relating to, 213, 214

Interdictum, account of the, 47, 356, seq.

Intentio, the, of a "formula"--what it was, 44

Interdictum fraudatorium, 194
de homine libero exhibendo, 358
de liberis exhibendis, 358
de migrando, 232

[blocks in formation]

Judicatum solvi-what it was, 345 Judices pedanei-who they were, 374 Judicis postulationem (per), account of the action, 41, 342, 344 JULIUS CESAR, his design to codify the law, 86

Juris alieni-what it was to be, 258 Juris sui-what it was to be, ibid. Jus gentium, historical account of the, 48, 49

nature, historical account of the, 49 in personam, its relation to jus in rem, 145, 169 postliminium-what it was, 262 ad rem-what it was, 169 relationis-what it was, 76

in rem, its relation to jus in personam, 145, 169 JUSTINIAN, general account of his compilations, 96, seq.

his address to professors of law, 35 JUSTINIAN'S Institutes, account of,

[blocks in formation]

Legitimation, law relating to, 274,

seq.

Legitimus tutor-who he was, 292 LEO THE PHILOSOPHER, account of his legislation, 397-400 "Leonine" partnership—what it was, 238

Letting and hiring, contract of, 230, seq.

Lex EBUTIA, 41, 43, 341
ÆLIA SENTIA, 265
ANASTASIA, 311

AQUILIA, 171, 251, seq.
CECILIA DIDIA, 72
CALPURNIA, 41

commissoria-what it was, 229

CORNELIA, 175-7

de sicariis, 253

FALCIDIA, 334, 335
FURIA, ibid.

CANINIA, 265
HORTENSIA, 65, 66, 68
imperii-what it was, 78
JULIA, 192

de adulteriis, 285

et PAPIA POPPÆA, 290, 311
MÆNIA, 65, 66, 68
PETELIA PAPIRIA, 191
PAPIRIA, 71

PUBLILIA, 64, 67

regia-what was the, 77
Rhodia de jactu, 212
SILIA, 41

VALERIA HORATIA, 63, 67
VOCONIA, 334, 335

Libelli, in procedure
were, 368

what they

Libellus contradictionis—what it was, 381

conventionis-what it was, 380 Licitatio fructus-what it was, 359 Life insurances, law relating to, 214 Lit de justice-what it was, 441 Litera dimissoria-what they were,

[blocks in formation]
[blocks in formation]

seq.

Manus injectionem (per), account of process, 345

Manus over wife-what it was, 258 MARCUS AURELIUS, his judicial reforms, 371

Marriage, law relating to, 276, seq. Marriages (incestuous), law relating to, 285

MATTHEUS BLASTARIS, his collection of canons, 404 Mensularii, law relating to, 208 Merger, law relating to, 195 MICHAELIS ATTALENSIS, account of his legal treatise, 402

Missio (in possessionem), rules relating to, 361

Mixta actiones-what they were, 352 MODESTINUS, account of, 29, 32 Modus, as a charge or restriction on an act, 142

Mohammedan law, general account of, 406, seq.

Mortgage, law relating to contract of, 218

"Mosaic and Roman law, comparison of," account of, 38, 92 Movable "things," law relating to,

126

Municipes, meaning of term, 116 Mutuum, law relating to contract of, 216

Napoléon, code, account of the, 460, 461

"Natural" obligation, effects of a, 196, 197 account of a, 200, 201

Nautical interest, law relating to, 214 Nauticum fanus-what it was, 173 Necessarius heres-who he was, 324 Negotiorum gestio-what it was, 137,

240

NERVA, his character as a judge, 370 Nexus, who was said to be, 191 NICOLAUS KOUNALES, his translation of Blastaris' canons, 404 NIEBUHR'S discovery of GAIUS' Institutes, 30

Nomina arcaria-what they were, 188, 222

transcriptitia-what they were,
187, 222

Nominum cessio-what it was, 189
Nomocanon, meaning of term, 404
Novatio-what it was, 187

Novell, 118th, rules contained in, 293, 314, seq.

Novells of JUSTINIAN, account of the,

ΙΟΙ

Noxa-what it was, 269

Noxalis actio-what it was, 269, 354 Nullity of acts, grounds of, 138-140 Nullius res-what they were, 124 Numularii, law relating to, 208 Nuptias (propter), account of gifts, 165

Oath, effects of an, in discharging an obligation, 196

Obligations, law relating to, 169, seq. classification of, 196, seq.

64

Obligation, natural," account of a, 200, 201

effects of a, 196

[blocks in formation]
« PreviousContinue »