This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1840 Excerpt: ... it. For the party who lost his cause forfeited his stake besides, and it went not to the other party, but to the state. Accordingly, the magistrate having named a judge to try the cause, the parties appeared before him, and first briefly stated to him the nature of their, respective claims. Then the object in dispute, ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1840 Excerpt: ... it. For the party who lost his cause forfeited his stake besides, and it went not to the other party, but to the state. Accordingly, the magistrate having named a judge to try the cause, the parties appeared before him, and first briefly stated to him the nature of their, respective claims. Then the object in dispute, if it were any thing capable of moving or being moved, was brought 40 Gaius, IV. . 12. personal interest for him: it was 41 Gaius, IV. . 13--17. the duty, or rather the privilege, 42 In the case of a slave's li-of every man to save a freeman berty, it was not necessary that from the perpetual loss of his the person who brought the ques-liberty. "In his quae asserantur tion to issue should have any con-in libertatem, quivis lege agere nexion with the slave, or any potest." Livy, III. 45. into court also, and the plaintiff, holding a rod or Chap. wand in one hand43, and laying hold of the object 1--which he claimed with the other, asserted that it belonged to him according to the law of the Quirites, and then laid his rod upon it. The defendant did the same, and asserted his own right to it in the same form of words. Then the judge bade them both to loose their hold, and this being done, the plaintiff turned to the defendant, and said, "Wilt thou tell me wherefore thou hast claimed this thing as thine?" The other answered, "I have fulfilled what right requires, even as I have made my claim." Then the plaintiff rejoined, "Since thou hast made thy claim wrongfully, I defy thee at law; and I stake five hundred asses on the issue." To which the defendant replied, "In like manner, and with a like stake, do I also defy thee." Then the judge awarded possession of the object in dispute to on...
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