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Savigny

Savigny, Friedrich Karl von, 1779-1861, German professor and jurist of great

Corpus juris civilis

this collection by Justinian, nor by any of the glossatores. Savigny asserts that the name was used in the twelfth century:

Optimus interpres rerum usus

is the best interpreter of the law.) These maxims support Savigny's Theory of the origin of law. Optimus interpretandi modus est

Pandect', or Digesta

would have comprised the Novell' that had a permanent application, Savigny, as quoted in Smith's Dict. of Antiq., voce 'Pandect'.' The

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