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... criminal cases was natu- rally within the scope of his power . It is quite possible that in civil cases , in some instances , the king may have adopted the practice , which the praetor uniformly observed under the republic , of ...
... criminal cases was natu- rally within the scope of his power . It is quite possible that in civil cases , in some instances , the king may have adopted the practice , which the praetor uniformly observed under the republic , of ...
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... criminal cases . The advantage which a small , select body had over a popular assembly in such cases was so apparent , that by the lex Calpurnia of 149 a permanent court was established for the trial of magistrates guilty of peculation ...
... criminal cases . The advantage which a small , select body had over a popular assembly in such cases was so apparent , that by the lex Calpurnia of 149 a permanent court was established for the trial of magistrates guilty of peculation ...
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... criminal courts of appeal in all but capital cases . This change had its political side . It enabled the tribune to hold a magistrate responsible for his conduct , but its value in this respect was in large measure offset by the use of ...
... criminal courts of appeal in all but capital cases . This change had its political side . It enabled the tribune to hold a magistrate responsible for his conduct , but its value in this respect was in large measure offset by the use of ...
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... criminal and civil cases . In criminal cases he could even impose a sentence of death , although Roman citizens , after a certain date , had the right of appeal . In his administra- tion of provincial affairs he was bound , at least ...
... criminal and civil cases . In criminal cases he could even impose a sentence of death , although Roman citizens , after a certain date , had the right of appeal . In his administra- tion of provincial affairs he was bound , at least ...
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... criminal courts to inquire into serious attacks on popular freedom , or into conduct prejudicial to the interests of the state ( de maiestate ) , forgery ( de falso ) , the use of unlawful means by candidates for office ( de ambitu ) ...
... criminal courts to inquire into serious attacks on popular freedom , or into conduct prejudicial to the interests of the state ( de maiestate ) , forgery ( de falso ) , the use of unlawful means by candidates for office ( de ambitu ) ...
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Page 415 - Fremant omnes licet, dicam quod sentio : bibliothecas mehercule omnium philosophorum unus mihi videtur XII Tabularum libellus, si quis legum fontes et capita viderit, et auctoritatis pondere et utilitatis ubertate superare.
Page 409 - Non pauci sunt, qui opinantur, ' pedarios senatores ' appellatos, qui sententiam in senatu non verbis dicerent, sed in alienam sententiam pedibus irent. Quid igitur?
Page 396 - Aeris confessi rebusque iure iudicatis triginta dies iusti sunto. Post deinde manus iniectio esto, in ius ducito. Ni iudicatum facit aut quis endo eo in iure vindicit, secum ducito, vincito aut nervo aut compedibus.
Page 397 - ... utique quos magistratum potestatem imperium curationemve cuius rei petentes senatui populoque Romano commendaverit, quibusque suffragationem suam dederit promiserit, eorum comitis quibusque extra ordinem ratio habeatur ; utique ei fines pomerii proferre promovere, cum ex re publica >5 censebit esse, liceat ita uti licuit Ti.
Page 397 - Crispinus consul . . .* populum iure rogavit populusque iure scivit in foro pro rostris aedis Divi lulii pr. K.3 lulias. Tribus Sergia principium fuit.
Page 416 - Percipietis etiam illam ex cognitione iuris laetitiam et voluptatem, quod, quantum praestiterint nostri maiores prudentia ceteris gentibus, tum facillime intellegetis, si cum illorum Lycurgo et Dracone et Solone nostras leges conferre volueritis. Incredibile est enim, quam sit omne ius civile praeter hoc nostrum inconditum ac paene ridiculum ; de quo multa soleo in sermonibus cotidianis dicere, cum hominum nostrorum prudentiam ceteris omnibus et maxime Graecis antepono.
Page 410 - Ijwcoxucov inscripta est equites quosdam dicit «pedarios» appellatos' videturque eos significare qui nondum a censoribus in senatum lecti senatores quidem non erant sed, quia honoribus populi usi erant, in senatum veniebant et sententiae ius habebant.
Page 413 - In libro Laelii Felicis ad Q. Mucium primo scriptum est, Labeonem scribere, ' calata ' comitia esse, quae pro conlegio pontificum habentur aut regis aut flaminum inaugurandorum causa.
Page 400 - Renuntiatum est nobis esse homines qui novum genus disciplinae instituerunt, ad quos iuventus in ludum conveniat; eos sibi nomen inposuisse Latinos rhetoras; ibi homines adulescentulos dies totos desidere. Maiores nostri quae liberos suos discere et quos in ludos itare vellent instituerunt. Haec nova, quae praeter consuetudinem ac morem maiorum fiunt, neque placent neque recta videntur.
Page 417 - ergo sunt cives Romani ex municipiis, legibus suis et suo iure utentes, muneris tantum cum populo Romano honorari participes, a quo munere capessendo appellati videntur, nullis aliis necessitatibus neque ulla populi Romani lege adstricti, nisi in quam populus eorum fundus factus est.