jus civile

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jus civile

the civil law of the Roman state or the body of law derived from the principles of this law. See ROMAN LAW.

JUS CIVILE. Among the Romans by jus civile was understood the civil law, in contradistinction to the public law, or jus gentium. 1 Savigny, Dr. Rom. c. 1, Sec. 1.

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The old jus civile, characterized by principles rooted deep in an agricultural society based on clan organization, had constituted a law for Roman citizens exclusively.

Roman Civil Law

El Derecho de Gentes introdujo no solo la propiedad privada, sino la mayor parte de las sujeciones de un hombre a otro, especialmente el poder politico, que resultaba asi ser un hecho antinatural; mas tarde, el jus civile perfilo las instituciones aun groseras del Derecho de Gentes.

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Like the original United States with its founding Constitution, Ancient Rome began as a league of city-states on the Italian peninsula, bound together by a set of laws known as the Twelve Tables or jus civile (civil law).