A MANUAL

OF THE

ROMAN CIVIL LAW.

CAMBRIDGE: PRINTED BY C. J. CLAY, M.A.

AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS. 1

A MANUAL

OF THE

ROMAN CIVIL LAW

ARRANGED AFTER THE ANALYSIS OF

DR HALLIFAX.

BY

GEORGE LEAPINGWELL, LL.D.

BARRISTER AT LAW.

"When the fundamental conceptions of Roman Law are thoroughly rea-
lized, the rest is mastered with surprising facility."

DR MAINE, Cambridge Essays, 1856.

CAMBRIDGE:

DEIGHTON, BELL AND CO.

LONDON: BELL AND DALDY.

1859.

ΤΟ

PATRICK COLQUHOUN, LL.D. G.C.S. K.C.M. &c. &c.

MEMBER OF COUNCIL OF THE SUPREME COURT OF APPEAL

OF THE IONIAN ISLANDS,

AS A TOKEN OF SINCERE REGARD

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