The Institutes of Justinian: With English Introduction, Translation, and NotesThomas Collett Sandars |
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... slave was a violation of natural law . It was not , however , necessary that the person should have been born free ( ingenuus ) ; for the process of manumis- sion placed the slave on a level with the freeman . At first manumission was a ...
... slave was a violation of natural law . It was not , however , necessary that the person should have been born free ( ingenuus ) ; for the process of manumis- sion placed the slave on a level with the freeman . At first manumission was a ...
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... slaves if she was a slave . The union of slaves was called conturbernium ; but however solemnly en- tered into , and however faithfully its natural tie acknowledged , it was never in the eye of the law regarded as anything better than ...
... slaves if she was a slave . The union of slaves was called conturbernium ; but however solemnly en- tered into , and however faithfully its natural tie acknowledged , it was never in the eye of the law regarded as anything better than ...
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... slave to Numerius Negidius . The demonstratio varied , of course , with each particular case . 104. The intentio was the really important part of Intentio . the formula . It was a precise statement of the de- mand which the plaintiff ...
... slave to Numerius Negidius . The demonstratio varied , of course , with each particular case . 104. The intentio was the really important part of Intentio . the formula . It was a precise statement of the de- mand which the plaintiff ...
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... slaves . quod omnes homines aut liberi sunt , aut servi . GAI . i . 8 . With respect to the division of private law . ( See ... slave ; they become so either by the law of nations , that is , by captivity or by the civil law , as pretium ...
... slaves . quod omnes homines aut liberi sunt , aut servi . GAI . i . 8 . With respect to the division of private law . ( See ... slave ; they become so either by the law of nations , that is , by captivity or by the civil law , as pretium ...
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... slaves were in- capable of contracting a lawful marriage , in the peculiar sense of " lawful " adopted by Roman law , the children of a female slave were necessarily slaves . They were called verne when born and reared on the property ...
... slaves were in- capable of contracting a lawful marriage , in the peculiar sense of " lawful " adopted by Roman law , the children of a female slave were necessarily slaves . They were called verne when born and reared on the property ...
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acquired actio action adopted agnati autem belonging bona bonorum capitis causa civil law claim cognati condictio constitution contract creditor cujus curator debtor deceased deminutio dominus ejus emancipated emperor enim eorum etiam factum father fide fideicommissa fideicommissum fidejussor fuerit furti Gaius give given hæc heredem heredes hereditatem ideo inheritance instance inter intestato Introd jure juris Justinian legacy legatee legatum lege lex Aquilia lex Julia liberi licet magistrate manumission marriage master modo neque nihil obligation owner paragr parties paterfamilias peculium person plaintiff possession possessor potest prætor prætorian pupil quæ quam quia quibus quidem quis quod quoque Roman law senatus-consultum servitude servus sibi sive slave solum stipulatio stipulation sui juris sunt suus heres tamen termed testament testator thing tion Titius tutor Twelve Tables Ulpian usufruct veluti vero
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Page 200 - Hadrianus naturalem aequitatem secutus ei concessit qui invenerit. idemque statuit, si quis in sacro aut in religioso loco fortuito casu invenerit. at si quis in alieno loco non data ad hoc opera, sed fortuitu invenerit, dimidium domino soli concessit. et convenienter, si quis in Caesaris loco invenerit, dimidium inventoris, dimidium Caesaris esse statuit.
Page 322 - Eoque genere legati etiam aliena res legari potest, ita ut heres redimere rem et praestare aut aestimationem eius dare debeat. (203) Ea quoque res quae in rerum natura non est, si modo futura est, per damnationem legari potest, velut: FRUCTUS QUI IN ILLO FUNDO NATI ERUNT, aut: QUOD EX ILLA ANCILLA NATUM ERIT.
Page 427 - Namque non ita res datur ut ejus fiat ; et ob id de ea re ipsa restituenda tenetur. Et is quidem qui mutuum accepit, si quolibet fortuito casu quod accepit amiserit, veluti incendio, ruina, naufragio. aut latronum hostiumve incursu, nihilo minus obligatus permanet. At is qui utendum accepit sane quidem exactam diligentiam custodiendae...
Page 591 - Quorum bonorum ex edicto meo illi possessio data est, quod de his bonis pro herede aut pro possessore possides, possideresve si nihil usucaptum esset, quodque dolo malo fecisti ut desineres possidere, id illi restituas, Dig.
Page 481 - ... potius, quam in emptiones praediorum colloces. cuius generis mandatum magis consilium est quam mandatum, et ob id non est obligatorium, quia nemo ex consilio mandat!
Page 301 - Falcidia hereditatem restituat his, qui in priore testamento scripti fuerant, propter inserta verba secundo testamento, quibus ut valeret prius testamentum expressum est, dubitari non oportet.
Page 435 - Et stipulandi et promittendi duo pluresve rei fieri possunt. stipulandi ita, si post omnium interrogationem promissor respondeat ' spondeo.' ut puta cum duobus separatim stipulantibus ita promissor respondeat ' utrique vestrum dare spondeo ' : nam si prius Titio spoponderit, deinde alio interrogante spondeat, alia atque alia erit obligatio nee creduntur duo rei stipulandi esse, duo pluresve rei promittendi ita fiunt : ' Maevi, quinqué áureos dare spondes ? Sei, eosdem quinqué áureos dare spondes...
Page 181 - Whatever of this kind you take is regarded as your property, so long as it remains in your power, but when it has escaped and recovered its natural liberty, it ceases to be yours, and again becomes the property of him who captures it. It is considered to have recovered its natural liberty, if it has either escaped out of your sight, or if, although not out of sight, it yet could not be pursued without great difficulty. 13. It has been asked, whether, if you have wounded a wild beast, so that it could...
Page 82 - When therefore, by the assistance of the same eminent person Tribonian and that of other illustrious and learned men, we had compiled the fifty books, called Digests or Pandects, in which is collected the whole ancient law, we directed that these Institutes should be divided into four books, which might serve as the first elements of the whole science of law.
Page 415 - Hoc 2 rescripto subventum est et libertatibus et defunctis, ne bona eorum a creditoribus possideantur et veneant. certe si fuerint ex hac causa bona addicta, cessat bonorum venditio : extitit enim defuncti defensor, et quidem idoneus, qui de solido creditoribus cavet.