Elements of Roman Law by Gaius |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 80
Page vi
... instance , in the versification of Catullus , Martial , and Statius ; but at a later period , e . g . in the versification of Ausonius , it is contracted into a dissyllable . Respecting his date , we know that he flourished under the ...
... instance , in the versification of Catullus , Martial , and Statius ; but at a later period , e . g . in the versification of Ausonius , it is contracted into a dissyllable . Respecting his date , we know that he flourished under the ...
Page 9
... instance assumes the form of physical compulsion . One species of Titles and the most important deserves a more particular consideration - the Titles which consist of human action . Human acts are either lawful or unlawful . All ...
... instance assumes the form of physical compulsion . One species of Titles and the most important deserves a more particular consideration - the Titles which consist of human action . Human acts are either lawful or unlawful . All ...
Page 17
... instance when a man signs one document believing it to be another . B. The essential elements in respect of which an error excludes Intention and avoids the disposition are ( 1 ) the Right to be created by a disposition , ( 2 ) the ...
... instance when a man signs one document believing it to be another . B. The essential elements in respect of which an error excludes Intention and avoids the disposition are ( 1 ) the Right to be created by a disposition , ( 2 ) the ...
Page 19
... instance in the action called condictio indebiti soluti . If a person aliened property in the mistaken belief that he was under an obligation to do so , he could recover it back in the courts of civil law by this action , which belonged ...
... instance in the action called condictio indebiti soluti . If a person aliened property in the mistaken belief that he was under an obligation to do so , he could recover it back in the courts of civil law by this action , which belonged ...
Page 21
... instance , when a person forces another to sign a document by holding and guiding his hand ; and such force makes an act Involuntary . Vis compulsiva , Compulsion or intimidation ( metus ) , e.g. inducing a man to sign by means of ...
... instance , when a person forces another to sign a document by holding and guiding his hand ; and such force makes an act Involuntary . Vis compulsiva , Compulsion or intimidation ( metus ) , e.g. inducing a man to sign by means of ...
Other editions - View all
Gaii Institutionum Iuris Civilis Commentarii Quattuor: Or, Elements of Roman ... Edward Poste,Edward Gaius No preview available - 2018 |
Common terms and phrases
Aelia Sentia agnates alien autem bonorum capitis causa civil law cloth coemption condictio contract creditor debt debtor defendant delict disposition dominion eius enim etiam exceptio Extra fcap factum father fcap filius filiusfamilias formula fuerit Gaius guardian heir heredes hereditas hereditatem ideo inheritance Inst institution intentio intention inter interdict itaque iure iuris judex jure juris jurists Justinian Latin legatee lege legis lex Aelia Sentia lex Julia liberi Litis contestatio mancipatio mancipation manu manumission modo neque Nexum Numerius Negidius obligatio obligation party pecunia personal action plaintiff posse possessio possession possessionem possessor potest praetor proprietor quae quam quia quidem quis quod quoque real action Roman law sanction Savigny senatusconsult servitude sive slave status stipulatio stipulation successor sunt tamen testamento testator thing tion Titius Twelve Tables Ulpian usucapion Uti possidetis velut vero vindicatio
Popular passages
Page 25 - Omnes populi qui legibus et moribus reguntur, partim suo proprio, partim communi omnium hominum iure utuntur; 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 395 - 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 2 - Every positive law, or every law simply and strictly so called, is set by a sovereign person, or a sovereign body of persons, to a member or members of the independent political society wherein that person or body is sovereign or supreme. Or (changing the expression) it is set by a monarch, or sovereign number, to a person or persons in a state of subjection to its author.
Page 643 - 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 205 - ... a civil solemnity, like mancipation, a man could not be represented by an independent agent; but when...
Page 305 - Gentiles sunt, qui inter se eodem nomine sunt. Non est satis. Qui ab ingenuis oriundi sunt. Ne id quidem satis est. Quorum majorum nemo servitutem servivit. Abest etiam nunc. Qui capite non sunt deminuti.
Page 353 - Nexum est, ut ait Gallus Aelius, quodcunque per aes et libram geritur, idque necti dicitur; quo in genere sunt haec, testamenti factio, nexi datio, nexi liberatio, Festus, under the word
Page 588 - ... naturale est quam eo genere quidque dissolvere quo colligatum est. Ideo verborum obligatio verbis tollitur ; nudi consensus obligatio contrario consensu dissolvitur
Page 213 - 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 427 - QUOD EGO TIBI PROMISI, HABESNE ACCEPTUM ? et tu respondeas : HABEO.