History of the Origin of Representative Government in Europe, Volume 20H.G. Bohn, 1861 - 538 pages |
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... curia as a body . - Of the various municipal magis- tracies and offices . Of the Defender in cities . Comparison of the development of the municipal system , and its relations to the central organization of the State in the Roman Empire ...
... curia as a body . - Of the various municipal magis- tracies and offices . Of the Defender in cities . Comparison of the development of the municipal system , and its relations to the central organization of the State in the Roman Empire ...
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... curia of the town or college of decurions , that is , of all the inhabitants who possessed a fixed landed income . In general , the curia appointed the magistrates ; we meet with some instances , however , of their being appointed by ...
... curia of the town or college of decurions , that is , of all the inhabitants who possessed a fixed landed income . In general , the curia appointed the magistrates ; we meet with some instances , however , of their being appointed by ...
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... curia , that is , the body of wealthy citizens , the decurions , were bound to supply the deficiency from their own private purse . They were , moreover , in almost every place , the collectors of the public taxes , and were responsible ...
... curia , that is , the body of wealthy citizens , the decurions , were bound to supply the deficiency from their own private purse . They were , moreover , in almost every place , the collectors of the public taxes , and were responsible ...
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... curia . Hence the origin of that long series of laws which make of each curia a prison - house in which the decurions were hereditarily confined ; which deprived them , in a multitude of cases , of the free disposal of their property ...
... curia . Hence the origin of that long series of laws which make of each curia a prison - house in which the decurions were hereditarily confined ; which deprived them , in a multitude of cases , of the free disposal of their property ...
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... curia . That of the church flourished and improved as incessantly , either by the aid of the peoples , or by the action of despotism itself , which had need of the sup- port of the clergy . It was therefore necessary continually to ...
... curia . That of the church flourished and improved as incessantly , either by the aid of the peoples , or by the action of despotism itself , which had need of the sup- port of the clergy . It was therefore necessary continually to ...
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