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Lex Hostilia

Defined in 1 dictionary — Cyclopedic (1922)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

The Hostilian law, passed in the consulship of A. Hostilius, authorizing actions of theft to be brought in the name of captives or persons absent on the business of the state. Inst. 4. 10. pr.; Calv. Lex.