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... gave . But the fact that the slave is a part of the homestead , and at the same time an intelligent being , makes him in the truest sense a member of the family . The owner is said to have power ( potestas ) over him , a word which is ...
... gave . But the fact that the slave is a part of the homestead , and at the same time an intelligent being , makes him in the truest sense a member of the family . The owner is said to have power ( potestas ) over him , a word which is ...
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... gave absolute validity to such instructions , 3 and the mere expression of the will of the testator came to be considered the essential part of the testament . In this announce- ment a true heir ( heres ) could be mentioned , and the ...
... gave absolute validity to such instructions , 3 and the mere expression of the will of the testator came to be considered the essential part of the testament . In this announce- ment a true heir ( heres ) could be mentioned , and the ...
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... gave them political privileges , they might have been called cives ; it is only after this reform that they could have been called quirites . It was , perhaps , in consequence of this change in the constitution that cives replaced ...
... gave them political privileges , they might have been called cives ; it is only after this reform that they could have been called quirites . It was , perhaps , in consequence of this change in the constitution that cives replaced ...
Page 37
... gave an " inward freedom " to the Roman , which made him at times resent the divine interference , and we shall find many instances of his forcing an interpretation to suit his wishes . The omen that is not seen need not be attended to ...
... gave an " inward freedom " to the Roman , which made him at times resent the divine interference , and we shall find many instances of his forcing an interpretation to suit his wishes . The omen that is not seen need not be attended to ...
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... gave the prescribed form of words for an action , acted as a religious or a civil head , as the representative of fas or jus ? Here we are on the borderland between the two . ( iii . ) Nations know no common jus , and fas is the sole ...
... gave the prescribed form of words for an action , acted as a religious or a civil head , as the representative of fas or jus ? Here we are on the borderland between the two . ( iii . ) Nations know no common jus , and fas is the sole ...
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Page 341 - Quod principi placuit legis habet vigorem: utpote cum lege regia, quae de imperio eius lata est, populus ei et in eum omne suum imperium et potestatem conferat...
Page 82 - Deinde, quo plus virium in senatu frequentia etiam ordinis faceret, caedibus regis deminutum patrum numerum primoribus equestris gradus lectis ad trecentorum summam explevit; traditumque inde fertur, ut in senatum vocarentur, qui patres quique conscripti essent: conscriptos videlicet appellabant lectos.
Page 87 - ... harum et interpretandi scientia et actiones apud collegium pontificum erant, ex quibus constituebatur, quis quoquo anno praeesset privatis.
Page 27 - calata ' appellari diximus, et sacrorum detestatio et testamenta fieri solebant. Tria enim genera testamentorum fuisse accepimus : unum, quod calatis comitiis in populi contione fieret, alterum in procinctu, cum viri ad proelium faciendum in aciem vocabantur, tertium per familiae emancipationem, cui aes et libra adhiberetur. In eodem Laelii Felicis libro haec scripta sunt : Is qui non ut universum populum, sed partem aliquam adesse iubet, non ' comitia,' sed ' concilium
Page 126 - Uude olim patricii dicebant plebiscitis se non teneri, quia sine auctoritate eorum facta essent. sed postea lex Hortensia lata est, qua cautum est ut plebiscita universum populum tenerent.
Page 301 - Item municipes erant, qui ex aliis civitatibus Romam venissent, quibus non licebat magistratum capere, sed tantum muneris partem, ut fuerunt Cumani, Acerrani, Atellani, qui et cives Romani erant, et in legione merebant, sed dignitates non capiebant (117 L).
Page 242 - Minus quam perfecta lex est quae vetat aliquid fieri et si factum sit non rescindit sed poenam injungit ei qui contra legem fecit : qualis est lex Furia testamentaria quae plus quam mille assium legatum mortisve causa prohibet capere praeter exceptas personas, et adversus eum qui plus ceperit quadrupli poenam constituit, Ulpian, 1, 2.
Page 26 - In suis heredibus evidentius apparet continuationem dominii eo rem perducere, ut nulla videatur hereditas fuisse, quasi olim hi domini essent qui etiam vivo patre quodammodo domini existimantur : unde etiam filiusfamilias appellatur sicut paterfamilias, sola nota hac adjecta per quam distinguitur genitor ab eo qui genitus sit.
Page 64 - Neminem voluerunt majores nostri, non modo de existimatione cujusquam, sed ne pecuniaria quidem de re minima, esse judicem, nisi qui inter adversarios convenisset.
Page 61 - Namque antea, profectis domo regibus, ac mox magistratibus , ne urbs sine imperio foret, in tempus deligebatur qui jus redderet ac subitis mederetur : feruntque ab Romulo Dentrem Romulium , post ab Tullo Hostilio Numam Marcium , et ab Tarquinio Superbo Spurium Lucretium, impositos.