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... civil polity . The heads of religion were not a priestly caste , but were citizens , in a other respects like their fellows , except that they were invested with peculiar sacred offices . The king was at the head of the religious body ...
... civil polity . The heads of religion were not a priestly caste , but were citizens , in a other respects like their fellows , except that they were invested with peculiar sacred offices . The king was at the head of the religious body ...
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... Civil causes were decided by the king in his quality of pontifex maximus or by the subordinate pontifices acting under him , as all the private law of the populus was so mixed up with the sacred law , that it was part of the duty of a ...
... Civil causes were decided by the king in his quality of pontifex maximus or by the subordinate pontifices acting under him , as all the private law of the populus was so mixed up with the sacred law , that it was part of the duty of a ...
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... civil suit . If the person summoned before the magistrate would not come , he was to be forced to go , but for an old or sick man a beast of burden was to be provided . If the adversaries could agree on the way , they were to be allowed ...
... civil suit . If the person summoned before the magistrate would not come , he was to be forced to go , but for an old or sick man a beast of burden was to be provided . If the adversaries could agree on the way , they were to be allowed ...
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... civil process . By degrees such a system was introduced and fully established , and the jus honorarium , the law of the prætors * ( qui honores gerebant ) , was spoken of as having a distinct place by the side , and as the complement ...
... civil process . By degrees such a system was introduced and fully established , and the jus honorarium , the law of the prætors * ( qui honores gerebant ) , was spoken of as having a distinct place by the side , and as the complement ...
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... civil administration , and perhaps even in matters of private law.§ The senate comprised the richest and most influential men in the State ; the disruption of society attending the civil wars strengthened their influence ; and the ...
... civil administration , and perhaps even in matters of private law.§ The senate comprised the richest and most influential men in the State ; the disruption of society attending the civil wars strengthened their influence ; and the ...
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