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... tion , for his investigation and judgment ; and — 5 . Re- scripta , answers returned by the emperor , when con- sulted on questions of law , either by the parties in some controversy , or , more commonly , by officers charged with the ...
... tion , for his investigation and judgment ; and — 5 . Re- scripta , answers returned by the emperor , when con- sulted on questions of law , either by the parties in some controversy , or , more commonly , by officers charged with the ...
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... tion of the modifications which it was desirable to make in the older system . Hence , the Codex appeared , in the light of these altered views and this added experi- ence , to be , as it were , already obsolete , not to be in harmony ...
... tion of the modifications which it was desirable to make in the older system . Hence , the Codex appeared , in the light of these altered views and this added experi- ence , to be , as it were , already obsolete , not to be in harmony ...
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... tion of the law , on which he had entered seven years before , at his accession to the throne . The Institu- tiones , the Digest or Pandects , and the Codex Consti- tutionum , formed together a complete system of law and jurisprudence ...
... tion of the law , on which he had entered seven years before , at his accession to the throne . The Institu- tiones , the Digest or Pandects , and the Codex Consti- tutionum , formed together a complete system of law and jurisprudence ...
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... tion and outward appearance of which have thus been described and especially in regard to the Digest , its largest and most characteristic part - one may say , in general , that it was too good for the age in which it appeared . It was ...
... tion and outward appearance of which have thus been described and especially in regard to the Digest , its largest and most characteristic part - one may say , in general , that it was too good for the age in which it appeared . It was ...
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... tion which is sometimes called Lex Romana Visi- gothorum , and sometimes , from the name of the king , Breviarium Alaricianum . Almost at the same time , the able and powerful Theodoric , king of the Ostro- goths in Italy , promulgated ...
... tion which is sometimes called Lex Romana Visi- gothorum , and sometimes , from the name of the king , Breviarium Alaricianum . Almost at the same time , the able and powerful Theodoric , king of the Ostro- goths in Italy , promulgated ...
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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!