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ignorance_n or_o wickedness_n and_o in_o either_o case_n without_o palpable_a injustice_n be_v vacate_v or_o dissolve_v john_n turner_n finis_fw-la
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 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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 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