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Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

One of the two leading divisions of the Roman law, comprising the leges, plebiscita, senatusconsulta, prin-cipum placita, magistratuum edicta, and responsa prudentum.

Inst. 1, 2, 3.

Statute law; law deriving its force from express legislative enactment.

1 Bl. Comm. 62, 85.