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Effossion

A digging out or up

Effodient

Digging up

Ditcher

One who digs ditches

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Delver

One who digs as with a spade

Restitutio in integrum

was also applied to the remission of a punishment (Tac. Ann. xiv. 12; Plin. Ep. x. 64, 65; Dig. xlviii., tit. 19, s. 27), which could only be done by the imperial grace, Sand. Just., 7th Edn.

Pignus

Pignus, a pledge or security for a debt or demand, is derived, says Gaius (Dig. 50, tit. 16, s. 238), from pugnus, 'quia qu' pignori dantur, man traduntur.' This is one of several instances of the...

Murder

aforethought, either express or implied'; see 4 Bl. Com. 195. Consult Russell on Crimes; Arch. Cr. Pl.; Steph. Dig. (1) The person committing the offence must be conscious of doing wrong, and able to discern between good

Nudum pactum est ubi nulla subest causa pr'ter conventionem; sed ubi subest causa, fit obligatio, et parit actionem

a ground, it becomes an obligation, and gives a right of action.) Similarly, Nuda pactio obligationem non parit. Dig. 2, 14, 7, s. 4, (A naked promise does not be get an obligation); and ex nudo pacto

Omne quod solo in'dificatur solo cedit

Omne quod solo in'dificatur solo cedit. Dig. 47, 3. 1, (Everything which is built upon the soil belongs to the soil.) Similarly, Quicquid plantatur solo,

Optimus interpres rerum usus

interpres consuetudo. 4 Inst. 75, (Custom is the best interpreter of laws.) Optima estlegis interpres consuetudo. Lofft, 237; Dig. 1, 3, 37, (Custom is the best interpreter of the law.) These maxims support Savigny's Theory of the

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