he_o will_v not_o contribute_v any_o thing_n towards_o his_o maintenance_n and_o in_o the_o case_n of_o a_o daughter_n do_v the_o same_o thing_n all_o manner_n of_o portion_n or_o dowry_n be_v deny_v the_o reason_n of_o which_o be_v demand_v by_o the_o plaintiff_n the_o defendant_n make_v answer_n quia_fw-la sine_fw-la consensu_fw-la parentum_fw-la vel_fw-la eorum_fw-la in_o quorum_fw-la potestate_fw-la sumus_fw-la nuptiae_fw-la consistere_fw-la non_fw-la possunt_fw-la which_o be_v so_o far_o true_a that_o in_o this_o case_n the_o parent_n or_o friend_n of_o the_o contract_a party_n be_v not_o oblige_v to_o do_v any_o thing_n for_o they_o that_o be_v though_o the_o party_n be_v lawful_a man_n and_o wife_n ex_fw-la post_fw-la facto_fw-la yet_o the_o proceed_n be_v irregular_a and_o the_o relation_n be_v not_o bind_v to_o take_v notice_n of_o it_o as_o of_o a_o lawful_a marriage_n dotium_fw-la marriage_n but_o yet_o if_o it_o appear_v that_o the_o parent_n do_v wrongful_o detain_v his_o 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nupt_a c._n 6._o p._n 411_o 412._o produce_v by_o albericus_fw-la gentilis_fw-la out_o of_o plautus_n cicero_n and_o terence_n though_o it_o be_v true_a he_o expound_v they_o chief_o not_o of_o the_o roman_a but_o the_o grecian_a practice_n and_o this_o not_o without_o some_o appearance_n of_o reason_n but_o yet_o this_o power_n be_v manifest_o include_v within_o the_o great_a power_n of_o life_n and_o death_n i_o see_v no_o reason_n why_o we_o may_v not_o apply_v these_o testimony_n to_o rome_n as_o well_o as_o to_o greece_n but_o however_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o the_o latter_a law_n of_o rome_n look_v upon_o this_o to_o be_v too_o great_a a_o power_n and_o a_o power_n which_o perhaps_o experience_n have_v show_v they_o be_v too_o frequent_o abuse_v and_o therefore_o take_v care_n that_o no_o marriage_n which_o be_v ratify_v by_o solemn_a consent_n shall_v after_o that_o become_v void_a upon_o every_o caprice_n or_o displeasure_n of_o the_o parent_n and_o though_o all_o marriage_n 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cujus_fw-la uxor_fw-la invita_fw-la a_o parentibus_fw-la detinetur_fw-la impp._n rescripsere_fw-la ex_fw-la illo_fw-la verò_fw-la generali_fw-la ulpiani_n axiomate_fw-la quo_fw-la benè_fw-la concordantia_fw-la matrimonia_fw-la jure_fw-la patriae_fw-la potestatis_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la turbanda_fw-la definit_a interpretationem_fw-la meo_fw-la quidem_fw-la judicio_fw-la accipit_fw-la quod_fw-la paulus_n in_o lib._n sententiarum_fw-la scribit_fw-la eorum_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o
great_a caution_n and_o prudence_n of_o the_o roman_a law_n in_o not_o rescind_v certain_a act_n that_o have_v be_v already_o past_a the_o better_a to_o maintain_v the_o public_a order_n and_o quiet_a notwithstanding_o they_o be_v antecedent_o prohibit_v and_o unlawful_a notwithstanding_o they_o thwart_v their_o prejudices_fw-la or_o their_o custom_n and_o that_o the_o person_n by_o who_o intervention_n and_o authority_n the_o say_a act_n have_v be_v pass_v be_v severe_o punishable_a by_o the_o roman_a law_n such_o another_o case_n as_o this_o be_v that_o which_o be_v mention_v by_o pompeius_n festus_n under_o the_o word_n sacer_n which_o he_o make_v to_o signify_v such_o a_o person_n as_o be_v devote_v to_o destruction_n and_o excommunicate_v out_o of_o the_o roman_a state_n and_o deny_v all_o the_o benefit_n and_o advantage_n of_o life_n yet_o he_o be_v not_o condemn_v to_o death_n by_o any_o public_a sentence_n so_o as_o to_o die_v by_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o executioner_n but_o if_o any_o private_a person_n happen_v to_o kill_v he_o either_o by_o chance_n or_o of_o set_a purpose_n he_o be_v acquit_v by_o a_o express_a provision_n of_o the_o law_n from_o any_o punishment_n notwithstanding_o he_o have_v do_v what_o the_o law_n do_v not_o allow_v he_o homo_fw-la sacer_fw-la be_v est_fw-la say_v festus_n quem_fw-la populus_fw-la 163._o v._o jo._n scal._n in_o conject_n ad_fw-la fest_n p._n 163._o judicavit_fw-la ob_fw-la maleficium_fw-la neque_fw-la fas_fw-la est_fw-la eum_fw-la immolari_fw-la sed_fw-la qui_fw-la occidit_fw-la parricidii_fw-la non_fw-la damnatur_fw-la nam_fw-la lege_fw-la tribuniciâ_fw-la primâ_fw-la cavetur_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la eum_fw-la qui_fw-la eo_fw-la plebiscito_fw-la sacer_fw-la sit_fw-la occiderit_fw-la parricida_fw-la ne_fw-la sit_fw-la and_o this_o be_v the_o second_o instance_n but_o three_o livy_n l._n 10._o c._n 9_o speak_v at_o the_o same_o rate_n of_o the_o valerian_n law_n valeria_n lex_n cum_fw-la eum_fw-la qui_fw-la provocasset_fw-la virgis_fw-la caedi_fw-la securique_fw-la necari_fw-la vetuisset_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la adversus_fw-la ea_fw-la fecisset_fw-la nihil_fw-la ultrà _fw-la quam_fw-la improbè_fw-la factum_fw-la 16._o v._o alb._n gen._n de_fw-fr nupt._n l._n 4_o c._n 6._o p._n 403._o &_o h._n grot._n the_o i_o b._n &_o p._n in_o not_o ad_fw-la l._n 5._o c._n 5._o sect_n 16._o adjecit_fw-la id_fw-la qui_fw-la tum_fw-la pudor_fw-la hominum_fw-la erat_fw-la visum_fw-la credo_fw-la vinculum_fw-la satis_fw-la validum_fw-la legis_fw-la nunc_fw-la vix_fw-la servo_fw-la ità _fw-la minetur_fw-la quisquam_fw-la and_o this_o law_n be_v express_o apply_v to_o the_o matrimonial_a affair_n by_o albericus_fw-la gentilis_fw-la and_o by_o hugo_n grotius_n and_o in_o the_o same_o place_n out_o of_o macrobius_n he_o call_v those_o law_n by_o the_o name_n of_o imperfectae_fw-la leges_fw-la which_o forbid_v a_o certain_a fact_n but_o yet_o have_v assign_v no_o punishment_n to_o the_o offender_n for_o so_o macrobius_n say_v towards_o the_o end_n of_o his_o commentary_n in_o somnium_fw-la scipionis_fw-la inter_fw-la leges_fw-la illa_fw-la imperfecta_fw-la dicitur_fw-la in_fw-la quâ_fw-la nulla_fw-la deviantibus_fw-la paena_fw-la sancitur_fw-la and_o he_o urge_v in_o the_o same_o place_n a_o rescript_n of_o the_o emperor_n marcus_n to_o the_o same_o purpose_n eum_n haeredem_fw-la qui_fw-la prohibet_fw-la funerari_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la quem_fw-la testator_n eligit_fw-la non_fw-la rectè_fw-la facere_fw-la poenam_fw-la tamen_fw-la in_o eum_fw-la statutam_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la these_o passage_n of_o grotius_n be_v in_o the_o note_n upon_o his_o excellent_a treatise_n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la belli_n &_o pacis_fw-la and_o the_o place_n he_o refer_v to_o be_v l._n 2._o c._n 5._o sect_n 16._o where_o he_o have_v these_o remarkable_a word_n which_o come_v still_o close_o to_o our_o purpose_n concern_v the_o possible_a validity_n of_o unlawful_a marriage_n where_o the_o law_n itself_o do_v not_o enjoin_v a_o divorce_n imò_fw-la etiam_fw-la si_fw-la lex_fw-la humana_fw-la conjugia_fw-la inter_fw-la certas_fw-la personas_fw-la contrahi_fw-la prohibeat_fw-la non_fw-la ideò_fw-la sequetur_fw-la irritum_fw-la fore_fw-la matrimonium_fw-la si_fw-la reipsâ_fw-la contrahatur_fw-la sunt_fw-la enim_fw-la diversa_fw-la prohibere_fw-la &_o irritum_fw-la quid_fw-la facere_fw-la nam_fw-la prohibitio_fw-la vim_o svam_fw-la exerere_fw-la potest_fw-la per_fw-la paenam_fw-la vel_fw-la expressam_fw-la vel_fw-la arbitrariam_fw-la which_o be_v as_o much_o as_o to_o say_v that_o where_o the_o law_n do_v neither_o assign_v a_o determinate_a punishment_n nor_o leave_v it_o to_o the_o discretion_n of_o he_o to_o who_o the_o cognizance_n of_o the_o fact_n shall_v appertain_v in_o this_o case_n there_o be_v no_o punishment_n to_o be_v inflict_v neither_o can_v any_o legal_a cognizance_n of_o the_o fact_n be_v take_v and_o then_o he_o go_v on_o et_fw-la hoc_fw-la genus_fw-la leges_fw-la imperfectas_fw-la 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emperor_n adrian_n 60._o ib._n p._n 60._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d with_o another_o of_o aelius_n spartianus_n where_o he_o say_v of_o the_o same_o prince_n trajani_n per_fw-la sororem_fw-la neptem_fw-la eum_fw-la vxorem_fw-la accepisse_fw-la and_o he_o confirm_v and_o establish_v this_o exposition_n still_o further_o by_o the_o concurrent_a suffrage_n of_o pollux_n hesychius_n and_o moschopulus_n so_o that_o it_o be_v a_o very_a great_a wonder_n to_o i_o how_o haloander_n come_v to_o be_v guilty_a of_o so_o palpable_a a_o mistake_n four_o and_o last_o st._n ambrose_n in_o his_o epistle_n to_o paternus_n so_o often_o appeal_v to_o though_o he_o use_v all_o the_o argument_n he_o can_v possible_o muster_v up_o to_o persuade_v he_o not_o to_o marry_v his_o son_n with_o his_o say_a son_n niece_n by_o his_o sister_n on_o his_o father_n paternus_n his_o side_n a_o case_n in_o which_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o diocese_n where_o paternus_n live_v and_o who_o be_v first_o consult_v do_v 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