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Page 25
... became masters of Gaul , Spain , and Italy , * in the fifth century , kept their Germanic law - customs for themselves , but suffered the conquered populations to remain under the old Roman law . Hence a system of personal , rather than ...
... became masters of Gaul , Spain , and Italy , * in the fifth century , kept their Germanic law - customs for themselves , but suffered the conquered populations to remain under the old Roman law . Hence a system of personal , rather than ...
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... became head of the state . The Code Napoleon , prepared in little more than two years , was proclaimed in 1804. It was followed in 1811 by a code for the German hereditary states of the Austrian monarchy . Yet , in all these countries ...
... became head of the state . The Code Napoleon , prepared in little more than two years , was proclaimed in 1804. It was followed in 1811 by a code for the German hereditary states of the Austrian monarchy . Yet , in all these countries ...
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... became untenable , it was deserted by the old inhabitants , who by a jour- ney of one or two days could escape from the detested presence and power of the conquerors . Hence the Angles THE ROMAN LAW SINCE JUSTINIAN . 29.
... became untenable , it was deserted by the old inhabitants , who by a jour- ney of one or two days could escape from the detested presence and power of the conquerors . Hence the Angles THE ROMAN LAW SINCE JUSTINIAN . 29.
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... became to a great extent sole ten- ants of the regions which they held in their possession . They were not settled - as were the contemporary Franks , Goths , and Lombards , and as the Normans of a later day in Britain - in the midst of ...
... became to a great extent sole ten- ants of the regions which they held in their possession . They were not settled - as were the contemporary Franks , Goths , and Lombards , and as the Normans of a later day in Britain - in the midst of ...
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... became more developed , and business relations more complicated , cases were continually arising for which the English law had no rule or principle adapted to their nature . Doubtless , if there had been no other or better source to ...
... became more developed , and business relations more complicated , cases were continually arising for which the English law had no rule or principle adapted to their nature . Doubtless , if there had been no other or better source to ...
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Page 49 - ... conqueror of Italy, humbler of Germany, terror of the North — saw him account all his matchless victories poor compared with the triumph you are now in a condition to win — saw him contemn the fickleness of Fortune, while, in despite of her, he could pronounce his memorable boast, " I shall go down to posterity with the Code in my hand!