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Lex Cornelia De Injurms

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The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

In Roman law. The Cornelian law respecting injuries; a law passed by the dictator L. Cornelius Sylla, providing remedies for certain injuries, as for battery, forcible entry of another's house, etc. Calv. Lex. Being the most important of the Cornelian laws, it is sometimes known generally as "Lex Cornelia." LEX CORNELIA DE SICARIIS ET VENEficls.

In Roman law. The Cornelian law respecting assassins and poisoners. Passed by the dictator Sylla. Dig. 48. 8; Calv. Lex.