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Roman law

noun as in civil law

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Roman law considered the unborn a “potential person.”

This was, he said, “akin to the ancient Roman laws requiring that sacrifices be made to Caesar.”

Under Roman law slaves were considered property and had no legal personhood.

From Reuters

"As it was part of the Roman army, directly or indirectly, the severity of punishments and the enforcement of Roman law would have been more severe at the Somersham settlements," she said.

From BBC

In Roman law jurisdictions the situation was, as we have seen, very different.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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