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Page 51
... prætor ; the prætor ( who held the middle step in a course of political honors ) had to construct from allegations of the parties such a formula , or precise statement of the issue . All these depended on the jurisconsults for legal ...
... prætor ; the prætor ( who held the middle step in a course of political honors ) had to construct from allegations of the parties such a formula , or precise statement of the issue . All these depended on the jurisconsults for legal ...
Page 59
... prætor . When a suit at law was commenced , the parties appeared before the præ- tor , who made a preliminary examination , not to ascer- tain the merits of the case , but to find the precise points in controversy . He heard the ...
... prætor . When a suit at law was commenced , the parties appeared before the præ- tor , who made a preliminary examination , not to ascer- tain the merits of the case , but to find the precise points in controversy . He heard the ...
Page 60
... prætor who had appointed him . It will be seen at once that the office and duty of such a judex were of a subordinate nature , much inferior to those exercised by our judges , and not re- quiring , as these do , a thorough knowledge of ...
... prætor who had appointed him . It will be seen at once that the office and duty of such a judex were of a subordinate nature , much inferior to those exercised by our judges , and not re- quiring , as these do , a thorough knowledge of ...
Page 61
... prætor was not an elderly lawyer , but a middle - aged politi- cian . In matters of delicacy or difficulty he was nat- urally dependent on the advice of the jurisconsults . They were the experts in law , respected and resorted to as ...
... prætor was not an elderly lawyer , but a middle - aged politi- cian . In matters of delicacy or difficulty he was nat- urally dependent on the advice of the jurisconsults . They were the experts in law , respected and resorted to as ...
Page 65
... prætor and the judex might act upon their own opinions of the law against the concurrent judgment of the jurisconsults . doubt they did so very rarely , if ever ; but there was no law to prevent them from doing so . But under the ...
... prætor and the judex might act upon their own opinions of the law against the concurrent judgment of the jurisconsults . doubt they did so very rarely , if ever ; but there was no law to prevent them from doing so . But under 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!