Theodosius II
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Emperor Theodosius II · Theodosius · the Emperor Theodosius II
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Institutes of Roman Law
Emperor whose constitution allowed any third person to bind himself by a simple promise of dower without stipulation.
In later law dotis dictio was obsolete, but by a constitution of the Emperor Theodosius II any third person was made capable of binding himself by a simple promise of dower without a stipulation, and this law was adopted by the Emperor Justinian.
424, made all actions, not otherwise limited, subject to a limitation of thirty or in some exceptional cases forty years, so that from this time actio perpetua no longer meant an action which was unlimited, but one which could be maintained at any time within this long period.
In consequence of this, Theodosius enacted, in substance, that any prohibitive law, even though it contained no express terms of nullification, should be interpreted to be lex perfecta;
Dissertations on Early Law and Custom
Roman emperor whose codification of Roman law is said to have prompted the Salic Law's compilation.
Scholars are now pretty much agreed that it belongs to the fifth century after Christ, and that its preparation was prompted by the great codification of Roman law effected by the Emperor Theodosius II.