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Page 17
... father and child , guardian and ward . The second treats of property and the modes of acquir- ing it , ending with the subject of inheritance . The third treats of obligations , i . e . , relations in which one man is bound to give ...
... father and child , guardian and ward . The second treats of property and the modes of acquir- ing it , ending with the subject of inheritance . The third treats of obligations , i . e . , relations in which one man is bound to give ...
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... it is a mere chimera . The Romans certainly never aimed at constructing such a system . They never thought of discarding the body of law received from their fathers , and framing another with new ma- 54 THE ROMAN LAW .
... it is a mere chimera . The Romans certainly never aimed at constructing such a system . They never thought of discarding the body of law received from their fathers , and framing another with new ma- 54 THE ROMAN LAW .
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In Twelve Academical Lectures James Hadley. from their fathers , and framing another with new ma- terials and new foundations . Both in the code of the Twelve Tables , and in the Corpus Juris Civilis , the leading object was to represent ...
In Twelve Academical Lectures James Hadley. from their fathers , and framing another with new ma- terials and new foundations . Both in the code of the Twelve Tables , and in the Corpus Juris Civilis , the leading object was to represent ...
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... several books on law . His son of the same name , who died in middle life a few years before the father , would be an example of the latter class . He gave his strength to the law , made it the THE ROMAN LAW BEFORE JUSTINIAN . 61.
... several books on law . His son of the same name , who died in middle life a few years before the father , would be an example of the latter class . He gave his strength to the law , made it the THE ROMAN LAW BEFORE JUSTINIAN . 61.
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... father's . We have placed the beginning of a scientific law- literature at about 100 B. c . There was an earlier law- literature , to which these books of the Catos belonged , and were by no means its first productions . We hear of a ...
... father's . We have placed the beginning of a scientific law- literature at about 100 B. c . There was an earlier law- literature , to which these books of the Catos belonged , and were by no means its first productions . We hear of a ...
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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!