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A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
A celebrated body of Roman law, framed by persons appointed for the purpose, 451 B. C. It consisted mainly of ancient Roman laws and usages, but in part of new provisions, and in part also of the institutions oi other nations, altered to suit Roman manners. 'I'wig Hd, sax.
In Saxon law. A double payment, or conaposition for one offensa