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Page xi
... validity of the resolutions of the centuries , and the plebs was as much as ever excluded from admission into the body of the popu- lus , fenced round with its impassable wall of religious privileges , although the plebs and the populus ...
... validity of the resolutions of the centuries , and the plebs was as much as ever excluded from admission into the body of the popu- lus , fenced round with its impassable wall of religious privileges , although the plebs and the populus ...
Page xlix
... valid by law . This owner- ship was in Roman law expressed by the word dominium , some- times by proprietas . The dominus was entitled to the use of the thing ( usus ) , to the enjoyment of all its products ( fructus ) , or to consume ...
... valid by law . This owner- ship was in Roman law expressed by the word dominium , some- times by proprietas . The dominus was entitled to the use of the thing ( usus ) , to the enjoyment of all its products ( fructus ) , or to consume ...
Page liv
... valid . 77. If there was no testament to determine the succession to the particular property , the law prescribed the order Succession to in which it was to devolve . The first claimants were the sui heredes , that is , all persons in ...
... valid . 77. If there was no testament to determine the succession to the particular property , the law prescribed the order Succession to in which it was to devolve . The first claimants were the sui heredes , that is , all persons in ...
Page lvii
... validity of the contract it was necessary that the question should be couched in the form ' spondes ? ' and the answer in that of ' spondeo . ' Do you engage ? I do engage . It was long before equivalent words , such as promitto or dabo ...
... validity of the contract it was necessary that the question should be couched in the form ' spondes ? ' and the answer in that of ' spondeo . ' Do you engage ? I do engage . It was long before equivalent words , such as promitto or dabo ...
Page lxx
... valid should only affect his claim to payments already due , so that if he failed he might have a further action for future payments . In such a case some such words as ea res agatur cujus rei dies fuit ( let the inquiry only be made as ...
... valid should only affect his claim to payments already due , so that if he failed he might have a further action for future payments . In such a case some such words as ea res agatur cujus rei dies fuit ( let the inquiry only be made as ...
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acquired actio action adopted agnati appointed autem belonging bona fide bonorum capitis deminutio causa civil law claim cognati condictio constitution contract creditor curator death debtor deceased defendant delicts dominus ejus emancipated emperor enim etiam factum father fidei fideicommissa fideicommissum fidejussor fuerit furti Gaius give given hæc heredes ideo inheritance inter interdict intestato Introd jure juris Justinian legacy legatee lex Aquilia lex Julia liberty licet magistrate mandate manumission master mode modo neque obligation owner parties paterfamilias patria potestas patron peculium person plaintiff possessio possession possessor potest prætor prætorian pupil quæ quam quia quidem quis quod quoque Roman law senatusconsultum servitude sive slave stipulatio stipulation sui juris sunt suus heres tamen termed testament testator theft thing tion Titius tutor Twelve Tables Ulpian usucapion usufruct veluti verbis vero
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Page 497 - And it is the general intention of the law that, in giving damages for breach of contract, the party complaining should, so far as it can be done by money, be placed in the same position as he would have been in if the contract had been performed.
Page 8 - ... quod vero naturalis ratio inter omnes homines constituit, id apud omnes populos peraeque custoditur vocaturque ius gentium, quasi quo iure omnes gentes utuntur.
Page 16 - Ingenuus is est, qui statim, ut natus est, liber est, sive ex duobus ingenuis matrimonio editus, sive ex libertinis, sive ex altero libertino, altero ingenuo. Sed et si quis ex matre libera nascatur, patre servo, ingenuus nihilo minus nascitur : quemadmodum qui ex matre libera et incerto patre natus est, quoniam vulgo conceptus est.
Page 437 - Ex maleficiis vero proditae actiones aliae tantum poenae persequendae causa comparatae sunt, aliae tam poenae quam rei persequendae et ob id mixtae sunt. Poenam tantum persequitur quis actione furti: sive enim manifesti agatur quadrupli sive nee...
Page 110 - Si quis a non domino, quem dominum esse crederet, bona fide fundum emerit vel ex donatione aliave qua justa causa aeque bona fide acceperit: natural! ratione placuit fructus quos percepit ejus esse pro cultura et cura. Et ideo si postea dominus supervenerit et fundum vindicet, de fructibus ab eo consumptis agere non potest. Ei vero, qui sciens alienum fundum possèdent, non idem concessum est. Itaque cum fundo etiam fructus, licet consumpti sint, cogitur restituere.
Page 322 - In hac quaestione totius ob rem dati tractatus inspici potest qui in his competit speciebus : aut enim do tibi ut des; aut do ut facias; aut facio ut des ; aut facio ut facias.
Page 359 - ... arrarum nomine aliquid fuerit datum : hoc etenim subsecuto,' sive in scriptis sive sine scriptis venditio celebrata est, is qui recusat adimplere contractum, si quidem emptor est, perdit quod dedit, si vero venditor, duplum restituere compellitur, licet nihil super arris expressum est.
Page 363 - ... emptoris damnum est, cui necesse est, licet rem non fuerit nactus, pretium solvere; quidquid enim sine dolo et culpa venditoris accidit, in eo venditor securas est.
Page 101 - Cum ex aliena materia species aliqua facta sit ab aliquo, quaeri solet, quis eorum naturali ratione dominus sit, utrum is qui fecerit, an ille potius qui materiae dominus fuerit : ut ecce si quis ex alienis uvis aut olivis aut spicis vinum aut oleum aut frumentum fecerit, aut ex alieno auro vel argento vel...
Page 36 - ... otherwise, if a woman is still your stepmother, that is, is married to your father, the common rule of law prevents her from marrying you, because a woman cannot have two husbands at the same time : and if she is still your wife's mother, that is, if her daughter is still married to you, you cannot marry her because 8 you cannot have two wives at the same time.