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nestorius_n as_o to_o imperial_a law_n in_o ecclesiastical_a affair_n i_o will_v mention_v a_o few_o only_a out_o of_o the_o code_n and_o novel_n of_o justinian_n god_n lib._n i._o tit._n three_o cap._n 8._o if_o a_o clergyman_n give_v false_a witness_n in_o a_o pecuniary_a case_n he_o be_v to_o be_v suspend_v from_o his_o office_n for_o three_o year_n if_o in_o a_o criminal_a cause_n to_o be_v degrade_v from_o the_o priestly_a office_n clericatûs_fw-la honore_fw-la nudatus_fw-la etc._n etc._n ib._n novel_a coll._n ix_o tit._n vi_fw-la 123._o cap._n x._o a_o clergyman_n play_v at_o table_n or_o stand_v by_o to_o lay_v wager_n or_o look_v on_o be_v to_o be_v suspend_v for_o three_o year_n jubemus_fw-la tribus_fw-la annis_fw-la a_o venerabili_fw-la ministerio_fw-la prohiberi_fw-la ib._n c._n 17._o he_o that_o shall_v give_v or_o take_v money_n to_o procure_v the_o election_n or_o ordination_n of_o a_o minister_n be_v to_o be_v degrade_v a_o gradu_fw-la sacerdotij_fw-la retrahatur_fw-la 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