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... called , the province of Jurisprudence . Justinian starts with certain definitions which would in- clude all the branches of law ( with their corresponding duties and rights ) just named , but he quickly abandons them , and confines his ...
... called , the province of Jurisprudence . Justinian starts with certain definitions which would in- clude all the branches of law ( with their corresponding duties and rights ) just named , but he quickly abandons them , and confines his ...
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... called jus gentium ' , the law , so to speak , which all nations employ . The Roman people , therefore , make use of a system of law which is partly their own in particular , partly common to all mankind . What these portions of their ...
... called jus gentium ' , the law , so to speak , which all nations employ . The Roman people , therefore , make use of a system of law which is partly their own in particular , partly common to all mankind . What these portions of their ...
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... called to the throne by popular election , but after accepting the office caused himself to be in- vested with his power by a lex curi- ata : " legem de imperio suo ferebat : " and that in like manner each em- peror was nominated by the ...
... called to the throne by popular election , but after accepting the office caused himself to be in- vested with his power by a lex curi- ata : " legem de imperio suo ferebat : " and that in like manner each em- peror was nominated by the ...
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... called free , main founded on the law of nature , as we have already explained , but contain an admixture of rules based on selfish prejudices . Moreover , as prejudices and prepossessions vary according to time and circumstances , the ...
... called free , main founded on the law of nature , as we have already explained , but contain an admixture of rules based on selfish prejudices . Moreover , as prejudices and prepossessions vary according to time and circumstances , the ...
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... called mancipia , because they are taken from the enemy by the hand . 4. Slaves then are such either by birth or by men's making . They are born to slavery when they are children of our female slaves ; they are made slaves either by ...
... called mancipia , because they are taken from the enemy by the hand . 4. Slaves then are such either by birth or by men's making . They are born to slavery when they are children of our female slaves ; they are made slaves either by ...
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Page 459 - Conubium habent cives Romani cum civibus Romanis ; cum Latinis autem et peregrinis ita, si concessum sit ; cum servis nullum est conubium.
Page 86 - Et post multas Sabinianorum et Proculianorum ambiguitates placuit media sententia existimantium, si ea species ad materiam reduci possit, eum videri dominum esse, qui materiae dominus fuerat, si non possit reduci, eum potius intellegi dominum qui fecerit: ut ecce vas conflatum potest ad rudem massam...