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Page xxiii
... debtor , was maintained ; the Judicatus still became the bondsman of his creditors , but now ( perhaps for the first time ) , all the stages of the process of execution were published to the world , the rights of the creditor were ...
... debtor , was maintained ; the Judicatus still became the bondsman of his creditors , but now ( perhaps for the first time ) , all the stages of the process of execution were published to the world , the rights of the creditor were ...
Page xxxiv
... debtor's goods . These rules were based on those of Roman law ; but they were mere outlines capable of adaptation to the local customs of the subject states . But there was , at least in certain provinces , a portion of the edict ...
... debtor's goods . These rules were based on those of Roman law ; but they were mere outlines capable of adaptation to the local customs of the subject states . But there was , at least in certain provinces , a portion of the edict ...
Page 17
... debtor and rights against the universe . Now the rights in ques- tion are rights that imply a negative obligation incumbent on all the world , that is to say , in our sense of the words they are not Personal , but Real . As contrasted ...
... debtor and rights against the universe . Now the rights in ques- tion are rights that imply a negative obligation incumbent on all the world , that is to say , in our sense of the words they are not Personal , but Real . As contrasted ...
Page 40
... debtor as a security for a debt . He enacted that the creditor should forfeit the debt , should pay an equal sum to the child or parent , and in addition should undergo corporal punishment , Novella , 134 , 7. In the time of Gaius , the ...
... debtor as a security for a debt . He enacted that the creditor should forfeit the debt , should pay an equal sum to the child or parent , and in addition should undergo corporal punishment , Novella , 134 , 7. In the time of Gaius , the ...
Page 78
... debtor and accepted by the creditor in discharge of a debt ; e . g . in England silver coin is a legal tender only to the amount of forty shillings in any one payment , bronze coins are a legal tender only to the aggregate amount of one ...
... debtor and accepted by the creditor in discharge of a debt ; e . g . in England silver coin is a legal tender only to the amount of forty shillings in any one payment , bronze coins are a legal tender only to the aggregate amount of one ...
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Page 42 - Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all ; but is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.
Page 1 - Nam quod quisque populus ipse sibi ius constituit, id ipsius proprium est vocaturque ius civile, quasi ius proprium civitatis; quod vero naturalis ratio inter omnes homines constituit, id apud omnes populos peraeque custoditur vocaturque ius gentium, quasi quo iure omnes gentes utuntur.
Page 353 - No action shall be brought whereby to charge the defendant upon any special promise to answer for the debt, default, or miscarriage of another person, unless the agreement upon which such action shall be brought, or some memorandum or note thereof, shall be in writing, and signed by the party to be charged therewith, or some other person thereunto by him lawfully authorized.
Page 615 - Ac de iure quidem praediorum sanctum apud nos est iure civili, ut in iis vendendis vitia dicerentur, quae nota essent venditori. Nam, cum ex duodecim tabulis satis esset ea praestari, quae essent lingua nuncupata, quae qui infitiatus esset, dupli poenam subiret, a iuris consultis etiam reticentiae poena est constituta ; quicquid enim esset 3 in praedio vitii, id statuerunt, si venditor sciret, nisi nomina66 tim dictum esset, praestari oportere.
Page 587 - Possessory interdicts ; it is ' sequens,' or subordinate ; that into prohibitoria, etc., is ' summa ' (§ 1 supr.) or ' principalis' (Gaius iv. 142). § 3. The formula of quorum bonorum is given in Dig. 43. 2. 1 ' 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 uti desineres possidere, id illi restituas.
Page 177 - That no will shall be valid unless it shall be in writing and executed in manner herein-after mentioned ; (that is to say,) it shall be signed at the foot or end thereof by the testator, or by some other person in his presence and by his direction; and such signature shall be made or acknowledged by the testator in the presence of two or more witnesses present at the same time, and such witnesses shall attest and shall subscribe the will in the presence of the testator, but no form of attestation...
Page 451 - Sacramenti actio generalis erat : de quibus enim rebus ut aliter ageretur lege cautum non erat, de his sacramento agebatur.
Page 503 - Sed et in strictis judiciis ex rescripto divi Marci, opposita doli mali exceptione, compensatio inducebatur.
Page 255 - First, as before stated, that the testator at the time of making his will, and at the time of his death...
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