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Page 79
... creditor would bring his debtor into the prætor's presence ; and the prætor , after hearing the allegations of the two parties , would make out a formula , or written statement of the claim , something in this style : " Let Titius be ...
... creditor would bring his debtor into the prætor's presence ; and the prætor , after hearing the allegations of the two parties , would make out a formula , or written statement of the claim , something in this style : " Let Titius be ...
Page 98
... creditors , who could not use an entailed estate of the debtor as a means for obtaining the payment of their claims . The Commons , therefore , made repeated efforts to re- peal the statute ; but they were always defeated by the Lords ...
... creditors , who could not use an entailed estate of the debtor as a means for obtaining the payment of their claims . The Commons , therefore , made repeated efforts to re- peal the statute ; but they were always defeated by the Lords ...
Page 123
... creditor who knowingly received a child in pledge for a debt due from the father was visited with severe punishment . At the same time a right to hold property of his own began to be conceded to the filiusfamilias in certain exceptional ...
... creditor who knowingly received a child in pledge for a debt due from the father was visited with severe punishment . At the same time a right to hold property of his own began to be conceded to the filiusfamilias in certain exceptional ...
Page 155
... creditor's pleasure ; 2. The necessity , in every trial of disputed ownership , to determine who should have possession until the case was decided ; 3. The immense tracts of public domain land , held in posses- sion by individuals , but ...
... creditor's pleasure ; 2. The necessity , in every trial of disputed ownership , to determine who should have possession until the case was decided ; 3. The immense tracts of public domain land , held in posses- sion by individuals , but ...
Page 178
... creditor , and remained his property until the debt was to be paid . Meantime , however , it was often suffered to remain in the possession and use of the debtor , as a precarium , or temporary concession , which the credi- tor ( the ...
... creditor , and remained his property until the debt was to be paid . Meantime , however , it was often suffered to remain in the possession and use of the debtor , as a precarium , or temporary concession , which the credi- tor ( the ...
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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!