Edictum Perpetuum
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the Edict · Edict of Julianus · Perpetual Edict
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Institutes of Roman Law
The fixed redaction of the Praetor's edict produced by Salvius Julianus under Hadrian.
and from this time onward the Edictum Perpetuum was, in its essential features, unalterable.
Ancient Law
The Roman Prætor's annually republished proclamation of legal principles, which became the vehicle for equity's introduction into Roman law.
The principles of the Edict had, before the epoch of its cessation, made their way into every part of Roman jurisprudence.
The Prætor’s proclamation, thus lengthened by a new portion every year, obtained the name of the Edictum Perpetuum, that is, the continuous or unbroken edict.
Perhaps the first inquiry which occurs to an Englishman who considers the peculiar mechanism of the Edict is, what were the limitations by which these extensive powers of the Prætor were restrained?