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... courts it was to supersede all earlier authorities . No abbreviations were to be used in copying it . No commentaries were to be written on it ( only transla- tions into Greek , and summaries of its contents ) , lest they should give ...
... courts it was to supersede all earlier authorities . No abbreviations were to be used in copying it . No commentaries were to be written on it ( only transla- tions into Greek , and summaries of its contents ) , lest they should give ...
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... court of Constanti- nople , he paints both Justinian himself and his empress Theodora in the blackest colors . A more remarkable case of blowing hot and cold from the same mouth , at the same object , it would be hard to find in the ...
... court of Constanti- nople , he paints both Justinian himself and his empress Theodora in the blackest colors . A more remarkable case of blowing hot and cold from the same mouth , at the same object , it would be hard to find in the ...
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... courts of justice the new Corpus was given , as superseding all former authorities . No ancient jurist must be cited , no earlier constitution appealed to , ex- cept in the words of the Corpus Juris . The exact pres- ervation and ...
... courts of justice the new Corpus was given , as superseding all former authorities . No ancient jurist must be cited , no earlier constitution appealed to , ex- cept in the words of the Corpus Juris . The exact pres- ervation and ...
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... courts , their canon law being founded on the Roman . 2. Through the court of chancery , all the early chancellors being ecclesiastics , and therefore familiar with the canon law , if not with the Roman system . 3. Through the ...
... courts , their canon law being founded on the Roman . 2. Through the court of chancery , all the early chancellors being ecclesiastics , and therefore familiar with the canon law , if not with the Roman system . 3. Through the ...
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... court was determined , sometimes by the person of the plaintiff who could claim that rights given him by his law had not been respected by the other party , and sometimes by the person of the defendant who could maintain that in all 28 ...
... court was determined , sometimes by the person of the plaintiff who could claim that rights given him by his law had not been respected by the other party , and sometimes by the person of the defendant who could maintain that in all 28 ...
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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!