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Page 46
... owners died without will . To all these cases the ecclesiastical courts applied their own ecclesiastical or canon law ; but this , as we have seen , was to a great extent founded on the civil law ; so that through this avenue much of ...
... owners died without will . To all these cases the ecclesiastical courts applied their own ecclesiastical or canon law ; but this , as we have seen , was to a great extent founded on the civil law ; so that through this avenue much of ...
Page 71
... scribes of the early middle ages , to write on parchment that had been written on be- fore . If the owner cared little for the old text , or if he had it in some other copy , he would wipe THE ROMAN LAW BEFORE JUSTINIAN . 71.
... scribes of the early middle ages , to write on parchment that had been written on be- fore . If the owner cared little for the old text , or if he had it in some other copy , he would wipe THE ROMAN LAW BEFORE JUSTINIAN . 71.
Page 78
... ( owner ) , until undisputed possession for one or two years had made him owner by usucapion ; but in the mean time the prætor allowed him to sue and be sued , as if by usucapion he had become owner . We see here the use of legal fictions ...
... ( owner ) , until undisputed possession for one or two years had made him owner by usucapion ; but in the mean time the prætor allowed him to sue and be sued , as if by usucapion he had become owner . We see here the use of legal fictions ...
Page 83
... owner . The defendant replied in similar terms : Unde tu me ex jure manu consertum vocasti , inde ibi ego te revoco ( as you have summoned me to join hands in process of law , for the same cause do I again summon you to the same place ) ...
... owner . The defendant replied in similar terms : Unde tu me ex jure manu consertum vocasti , inde ibi ego te revoco ( as you have summoned me to join hands in process of law , for the same cause do I again summon you to the same place ) ...
Page 84
... owner's power , which , as he spoke , he laid upon the clod . The defendant then followed , uttering the same words , and accompanying them with the same significant action . The prætor now interposed to prevent a seemingly imminent ...
... owner's power , which , as he spoke , he laid upon the clod . The defendant then followed , uttering the same words , and accompanying them with the same significant action . The prætor now interposed to prevent a seemingly imminent ...
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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!