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hujusmodi_fw-la etc._n etc._n dicta_fw-la negotia_fw-la infecta_fw-la non_fw-la remaneant_fw-la paternal_a authority_n power_n to_o consent_n and_o make_v law_n in_o the_o great_a affair_n of_o the_o kingdom_n as_o the_o family_n and_o when_o i_o observe_v politician_n and_o lawyer_n even_o englishman_n general_o to_o conclude_v the_o forma_fw-la informans_fw-la form_n animate_v the_o law_n to_o be_v the_o consent_n or_o choice_n of_o the_o people_n whence_o marius_n salamonius_n that_o great_a lawyer_n define_v the_o law_n say_v it_o be_v expressa_fw-la civium_fw-la conventio_fw-la and_o make_v this_o the_o reason_n of_o their_o obligation_n ligatur_fw-la populus_fw-la legibus_fw-la suis_fw-la 8._o de_fw-fr principatu_fw-la lib._n 1._o p._n 35_o 36._o instin_n cod._n 1._o tit._n 17._o lex_fw-la 8._o quasi_fw-la pactis_fw-la conventis_fw-la quae_fw-la verae_fw-la sunt_fw-la leges_fw-la whence_o theodosius_n the_o emperor_n write_v to_o the_o senate_n of_o rome_n do_v declare_v 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