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Page 104
... promise , acquiring them for his master . He might even enter into con- tracts binding on his master , as where the master had intrusted him with some business , or had given him a péculium to manage , or had de- rived any actual ...
... promise , acquiring them for his master . He might even enter into con- tracts binding on his master , as where the master had intrusted him with some business , or had given him a péculium to manage , or had de- rived any actual ...
Page 150
... ob- ligation to him ; he could accept a promise so as to make it binding on the promiser . But he could not bind himself ; he could not lay himself under obliga- tion to another ; he could not pay out money 150 THE ROMAN LAW .
... ob- ligation to him ; he could accept a promise so as to make it binding on the promiser . But he could not bind himself ; he could not lay himself under obliga- tion to another ; he could not pay out money 150 THE ROMAN LAW .
Page 207
... promise , etc .; will you give , etc. ) , with corresponding answer . If spondeo was used by stipulator and promissor , it was a sponsio , and was confined to Roman citizens . If the two parties had different things in mind , the ...
... promise , etc .; will you give , etc. ) , with corresponding answer . If spondeo was used by stipulator and promissor , it was a sponsio , and was confined to Roman citizens . If the two parties had different things in mind , the ...
Page 209
... promise to pay a certain sum of money to a certain person . It is re- markable that this form of contracting obligations , which seems to us so simple and natural , was unknown to the Roman law . But it must be remembered that the law ...
... promise to pay a certain sum of money to a certain person . It is re- markable that this form of contracting obligations , which seems to us so simple and natural , was unknown to the Roman law . But it must be remembered that the law ...
Page 210
... promise , etc. ) , or Dabis mihi Stichum servum ( will you give , etc. ) , or Quinque dies in horto meo laborabis ( will you work , etc . ) - belonged to the jus gentium , and were open to aliens not less than to citizens . It was ...
... promise , etc. ) , or Dabis mihi Stichum servum ( will you give , etc. ) , or Quinque dies in horto meo laborabis ( will you work , etc . ) - belonged to the jus gentium , and were open to aliens not less than to citizens . It was ...
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