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... OBLIGATIONS X. - LAW OF OBLIGATIONS ( continued ) XI . - LAW OF INHERITANCE XII . - LAW OF INHERITANCE ( continued ) 180 207 234 262 294 THE ROMAN LAW . LECTURE I. THE CORPUS JURIS CIVILIS.
... OBLIGATIONS X. - LAW OF OBLIGATIONS ( continued ) XI . - LAW OF INHERITANCE XII . - LAW OF INHERITANCE ( continued ) 180 207 234 262 294 THE ROMAN LAW . LECTURE I. THE CORPUS JURIS CIVILIS.
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... 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 something to , or do 2 THE CORPUS JURIS CIVILIS . 17.
... 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 something to , or do 2 THE CORPUS JURIS CIVILIS . 17.
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... obligation of a statute : if the judge disregarded it , he did so at his peril . The opinion , of course , had reference , not to the facts of the case - which the judge himself had to determine - but to some point of law submitted to ...
... obligation of a statute : if the judge disregarded it , he did so at his peril . The opinion , of course , had reference , not to the facts of the case - which the judge himself had to determine - but to some point of law submitted to ...
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... obligations . It is probable that in private law the Twelve Tables did little more than give expression to the unwritten usages and rules of the preceding times . The stories of persons sent to Athens and Sparta , to get the laws of ...
... obligations . It is probable that in private law the Twelve Tables did little more than give expression to the unwritten usages and rules of the preceding times . The stories of persons sent to Athens and Sparta , to get the laws of ...
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... obligation , assumed in the very act of purchase , to fulfil the directions of the testator , as set forth at the time in the tables of the will ; but afterward the trans- action ceased to have this literal character : it was no longer ...
... obligation , assumed in the very act of purchase , to fulfil the directions of the testator , as set forth at the time in the tables of the will ; but afterward the trans- action ceased to have this literal character : it was no longer ...
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