Edict of the Praetor
the Praetor
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Institutes of Roman Law Gaius 1 citation · 3 passages
The praetor's edict is repeatedly invoked by name and paraphrased as an authoritative legal text.
These various grades of title are called unde liberi, unde legitimi, unde cognati, unde vir et uxor, phrases which properly denote those articles of the edict in which these classes are summoned to the succession:
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Ancient Law Henry Sumner Maine 1 citation · 2 passages
The Edict is relied upon as an authoritative legal source that modified and supplemented the Civil Law's succession rules.
Ultimately, the combination of the Edict and of the Civil Law forms a table of succession not materially different from that which has descended to the generality of modern codes.
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