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When Justinian became sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire in A.D. 527, he ordered the preparation of three compilations of Roman law that together formed the Corpus Juris Civilis. These works have become known individually as the Code, which collected the legal pronouncements of the Roman emperors, the Institutes, an elementary student's textbook, and the Digest, by far the largest and most highly prized of the three compilations. The Digest was assembled by a team of sixteen academic lawyers commissioned by Justinian in 533 to cull everything of value from earlier Roman law. It was for centuries the focal point of legal education in the West and remains today an unprecedented collection of the commentaries of Roman jurists on the civil law.

Commissioned by the Commonwealth Fund in 1978, Alan Watson assembled a team of thirty specialists to produce this magisterial translation, which was first completed and published in 1985 with Theodor Mommsen's Latin text of 1878 on facing pages. This paperback edition presents a corrected English-language text alone, with an introduction by Alan Watson.

Links to the three other volumes in the set: Volume 1 [Books 1-15]Volume 2 [Books 16-29]Volume 3 [Books 30-40]

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright
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  1. CONTENTS
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  1. PREFACE TO THE PAPERBACK EDITION
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  1. GLOSSARY
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  1. BOOK FORTY-ONE
  1. 1. ACQUISITION OF OWNERSHIP OF THINGS
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  1. 2. ACQUISITION AND LOSS OF POSSESSION
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  1. 3. USUCAPIONS AND USURPATIONS
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  1. 4. USUCAPION AS PURCHASER
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  1. 5. USUCAPION AS HEIR OR AS POSSESSOR
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  1. 6. USUCAPION ON THE GROUND OF GIFT
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  1. 7. USUCAPION ON THE GROUND OF ABANDONMENT
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  1. 8. USUCAPION ON THE GROUND OF LEGACY
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  1. 9. USUCAPION ON THE GROUND OF DOWRY
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  1. 10. USUCAPION FOR ONESELF
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  1. BOOK FORTY-TWO
  1. 1. JUDGMENT AND THE EFFECT OF JUDICIAL DECISIONS AND INTERLOCUTORY PROCEEDINGS
  2. pp. 49-58
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  1. 2. THOSE WHO ADMIT THEIR LIABILITY
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  1. 3. SURRENDER TO BANKRUPTCY
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  1. 4. THE GROUNDS ON WHICH MISSIO IN POSSESSIONEM IS GRANTED
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  1. 5. THINGS TO BE SEIZED AND SOLD BY A JUDGE'S AUTHORITY
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  1. 6. SEPARATIONS
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  1. 7. THE APPOINTMENT OF A CURATOR FOR AN ESTATE
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  1. 8. RESTORATION OF WHAT IS DONE IN FRAUD OF CREDITORS
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  1. BOOK FORTY-THREE
  1. 1. INTERDICTS OR ACTIONS EXTRA ORDINEM IN PLACE OF INTERDICTS
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  1. 2. INTERDICTS FOR BONORUM POSSESSIO
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  1. 3. INTERDICTS FOR RECOVERY OF LEGACIES
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  1. 4. TO FORBID THE USE OF FORCE AGAINST SOMEONE SENT TO TAKE POSSESSION
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  1. 5. THE PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS
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  1. 6. TO PREVENT ANYTHING FROM BEING DONE IN A SACRED PLACE
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  1. 7. PUBLIC PLACES AND WAYS
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  1. 8. TO PREVENT ANYTHING FROM BEING DONE IN PUBLIC PLACES OR WAYS
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  1. 9. ENJOYMENT OF A PUBLIC PLACE
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  1. 10. A PUBLIC STREET AND IF ANYTHING IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN DONE IN IT
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  1. 11. REPAIRING A PUBLIC ROAD AND WAY
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  1. 12. RIVERS: TO PREVENT ANYTHING FROM BEING DONE IN A PUBLIC RIVER, OR ON ITS BANK, TO HAMPER NAVIGATION
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  1. 13. THAT NOTHING SHOULD BE DONE IN A PUBLIC RIVER WHICH MIGHT CAUSE THE WATER TO FLOW OTHERWISE THAN IT DID LAST SUMMER
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  1. 14. TO ALLOW NAVIGATION IN A PUBLIC RIVER
  2. p. 95
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  1. 15. BUILDING-UP A BANK
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  1. 16. FORCE AND ARMED FORCE
  2. pp. 96-102
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  1. 17. THE POSSESSION OF LAND
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  1. 18. SUPERFICIES
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  1. 19. PRIVATE RIGHT OF WAY IN PERSON AND WITH CATTLE
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  1. 20. DAILY AND SUMMER WATER
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  1. 21. WATERCOURSES
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  1. 22. SPRINGS
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  1. 23. DRAINS
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  1. 24. AGAINST FORCE OR STEALTH
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  1. 25. WITHDRAWAL OF NOTICE
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  1. 26. PRECARIUM
  2. pp. 125-128
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  1. 27. FELLING TREES
  2. pp. 128-129
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  1. 28. GATHERING ACORNS
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  1. 29. PRODUCTION OF A FREEMAN
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  1. 30. PRODUCTION OF CHILDREN AND THEIR ABDUCTION
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  1. 31. POSSESSION
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  1. 32. MOVING
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  1. 33. THE SALVIAN INTERDICT
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  1. BOOK FORTY-FOUR
  1. 1. DEFENSES, PRAESCRIPTIONES, AND PREJUDGMENTS
  2. pp. 134-136
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  1. 2. THE DEFENSE OF RES JUDICATA
  2. pp. 136-142
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  1. 3. THE VARIOUS PERIODS OF PRAESCRIPTIONES AND THE ACCESSION OF POSSESSION
  2. pp. 142-144
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  1. 4. THE DEFENSE OF FRAUD AND THAT OF DURESS
  2. pp. 145-151
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  1. 5. IN WHICH CASES AN ACTION IS NOT GIVEN
  2. pp. 152-153
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  1. 6. PROPERTY SUBJECT TO LITIGATION
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  1. 7. OBLIGATIONS AND ACTIONS
  2. pp. 153-162
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  1. BOOK FORTY-FIVE
  1. 1. VERBAL CONTRACTS
  2. pp. 163-191
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  1. 2. A PLURALITY OF PARTIES
  2. pp. 191-194
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  1. 3. THE STIPULATION OF SLAVES
  2. pp. 194-199
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  1. BOOK FORTY-SIX
  1. 1. SURETIES AND MANDATORS
  2. pp. 201-211
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  1. 2. NOVATIONS AND DELEGATIONS
  2. pp. 211-216
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  1. 3. PERFORMANCES AND RELEASES
  2. pp. 216-235
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  1. 4. FORMAL RELEASES
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  1. 5. PRAETORIAN STIPULATIONS
  2. pp. 238-240
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  1. 6. THAT THE PROPERTY OF A PUPILLUS OR A YOUTH BE INTACT
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  1. 7. THAT A JUDGMENT BE PERFORMED
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  1. 8. CONFIRMATION AND RATIFICATION
  2. pp. 245-249
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  1. BOOK FORTY-SEVEN
  1. 1. PRIVATE DELICTS
  2. pp. 250-251
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  1. 2. THEFTS
  2. pp. 251-273
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  1. 3. INCORPORATED MATERIAL
  2. p. 273
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  1. 5. THE ACTION FOR THEFT AGAINST SHIPS' MASTERS, INNKEEPERS, AND LIVERYMEN
  2. p. 275
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  1. 6. IF A FAMILY OF SLAVES BE SAID TO HAVE COMMITTED THEFT
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  1. 7. TREES SECRETLY FELLED
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  1. 8. GOODS TAKEN BY FORCE AND ON TUMULT
  2. pp. 279-282
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  1. 9. FIRE, COLLAPSE OF BUILDINGS, SHIPWRECK, RAFT, AND SHIP TAKEN BY STORM
  2. pp. 282-285
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  1. 10. CONTUMELIES AND DEFAMATORY WRITINGS
  2. pp. 285-297
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  1. 11. EXTRAORDINARY CRIMES
  2. pp. 298-299
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  1. 12. VIOLATION OF A TOMB
  2. pp. 299-301
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  1. 13. EXTORTION WITH MENACES
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  1. 14. CATTLE THIEVES
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  1. 15. COLLUSION
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  1. 16. HARBORERS
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  1. 17. THIEVES WHO LURK ABOUT BATHS
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  1. 18. BREAKERS OUT OR IN AND ROBBERS
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  1. 19. THE DESPOILED INHERITANCE
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  1. 20. SWINDLING
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  1. 21. REMOVAL OF A BOUNDARY STONE
  2. p. 306
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  1. 22. COLLEGIA AND ASSOCIATIONS
  2. pp. 306-307
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  1. 23. POPULAR ACTIONS
  2. pp. 307-308
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  1. BOOK FORTY-EIGHT
  1. 1. CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS
  2. pp. 309-310
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  1. 2. ACCUSATIONS AND INDICTMENTS
  2. pp. 310-314
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  1. 3. CUSTODY AND PRODUCTION OF PERSONS CHARGED
  2. pp. 314-316
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  1. 4. LEX JULIA ON TREASON
  2. pp. 316-318
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  1. 5. LEX JULIA ON PUNISHING ADULTERIES
  2. pp. 318-330
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  1. 6. LEX JULIA ON VIS PUBLICA
  2. pp. 330-331
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  1. 7. LEX JULIA ON VIS PRIVATA
  2. pp. 331-332
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  1. 8. LEX CORNELIA ON MURDERERS AND POISONERS
  2. pp. 332-335
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  1. 9. LEX POMPEZA ON PARRICIDES
  2. pp. 335-336
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  1. 10. LEX CORNELIA ON FALSEHOODS AND THE SENATUS CONSULTUM LIBONIANUM
  2. pp. 336-343
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  1. 11. LEX JULIA ON EXTORTION
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  1. 12. LEX JULIA ON THE CORN SUPPLY
  2. p. 345
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  1. 13. LEX JULIA ON EMBEZZLEMENT [OF PUBLIC MONEY], ON SACRILEGE, AND ON MONEYS REMAINING
  2. pp. 345-347
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  1. 14. THE LEX JULIA ON ELECTORAL CORRUPTION
  2. p. 348
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  1. 15. LEX FABIA ON KIDNAPPERS
  2. pp. 348-349
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  1. 16. SENATUS CONSULTUM TURPlLLlANUM AND THE ANNULMENT OF CHARGES
  2. pp. 349-353
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  1. 17. WANTED PERSONS OR THOSE WHO MAY BE CONDEMNED IN THEIR ABSENCE
  2. pp. 353-354
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  1. 18. INVESTIGATIONS
  2. pp. 354-359
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  1. 19. PUNISHMENTS
  2. pp. 359-368
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  1. 20. PROPERTY OF CONDEMNED PERSONS
  2. pp. 368-371
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  1. 21. PROPERTY OF PERSONS WHO BEFORE SENTENCE HAVE EITHER COMMITTED SUICIDE OR CORRUPTED THEIR ACCUSER
  2. pp. 371-373
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  1. 22. PERSONS UNDER INTERDICT RELEGATED AND DEPORTED
  2. pp. 373-376
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  1. 23. THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED THEIR SENTENCE AND BEEN REINSTATED
  2. p. 377
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  1. 24. DEAD BODIES OF PUNISHED PERSONS
  2. p. 377
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  1. BOOK FORTY-NINE
  1. 1. APPEALS AND REFERRALS
  2. pp. 378-383
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  1. 2. PERSONS FROM WHOM IT IS NOT PERMITTED TO APPEAL
  2. p. 383
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  1. 3. WHO MAY APPEAL FROM WHOM
  2. p. 383
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  1. 4. WHEN AN APPEAL IS TO BE MADE AND WITHIN WHAT TIMES
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  1. 5. WHETHER APPEALS ARE TO BE ACCEPTED OR NOT
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  1. 6. LETTERS OF REPORT WHICH ARE KNOWN AS APOSTOLI
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  1. 7. NOTHING NEW IS TO BE DONE ONCE THE APPEAL HAS BEEN LODGED
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  1. 8. JUDGMENTS WHICH MAY BE RESCINDED WITHOUT AN APPEAL
  2. p. 387
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  1. 9. WHETHER GROUNDS OF APPEALS CAN BE GIVEN BY A THIRD PARTY
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  1. 10. IF A TUTOR OR A CURATOR OR AN ELECTED MAGISTRATE APPEALS
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  1. 11. THE APPELLANT TO DEFEND HIMSELF IN [HIS OWN] PROVINCE
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  1. 12. [AN APPELLANT] MAY BE REQUIRED TO PLEAD ANOTHER ACTION BEFORE [A JUDGE] FROM WHOM HE IS APPEALING
  2. p. 389
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  1. 13. IF DEATH OCCURS WHILE AN APPEAL IS PENDING
  2. p. 389
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  1. 14. RIGHTS OF THE IMPERIAL TREASURY
  2. pp. 389-399
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  1. 15. PRISONERS OF WAR, POSTLIMINIUM, AND PERSONS RANSOMED FROM THE ENEMY
  2. pp. 399-406
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  1. 16. MILITARY LAW
  2. pp. 407-411
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  1. 17. PECULIUM CASTRENSE
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  1. 18. VETERANS
  2. p. 415
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  1. BOOK FIFTY
  1. 1. MUNICIPES AND FOREIGN RESIDENTS
  2. pp. 416-421
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  1. 2. DECURIONS AND THEIR SONS
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  1. 3. COMPILING THE LIST OF MEMBERS
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  1. 4. MUNERA AND OFFICES
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  1. 5. RELEASE AND EXEMPTION FROM MUNERA
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  1. 6. THE RIGHT OF IMMUNITY
  2. pp. 432-434
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  1. 7. EMBASSIES
  2. pp. 434-436
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  1. 8. THE ADMINISTRATION OF PROPERTY BELONGING TO THE [PROVINCIAL] COMMUNITIES
  2. pp. 436-438
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  1. 9. DECREES MADE BY AN ORDO
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  1. 10. PUBLIC WORKS
  2. pp. 439-440
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  1. 11. MARKETS
  2. p. 440
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  1. 12. UNDERTAKINGS
  2. pp. 440-443
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  1. 13. VARIOUS AND EXTRAORDINARY JUDICIAL EXAMINATIONS AND IF A JUDGE IS SAID TO HAVE NEGLECTED HIS DUTY
  2. pp. 443-444
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  1. 14. SLAVE-TRADING MATTERS
  2. p. 445
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  1. 15. CENSUSES
  2. pp. 445-447
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  1. 16. THE MEANING OF EXPRESSIONS
  2. pp. 447-470
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  1. 17. VARIOUS RULES OF EARLY LAW
  2. pp. 470-483
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