Querela Inofficiosi Testamenti of the old Roman law, 215.
Quiritarian Liaw, the, 48.
principles of the, 59.
difference between it and the Jus Gentium, 59.
Recoveries, collusive, of property in the Roman and English Law, 289.
Regency, form of, according to the French custom regulating the succession to the throne, 240.
Reipus, the, of Germany, 281.
Res Mancipi and Res nec Mancipi, 274, 279.
definition of the Res Mancipi, 277.
Res nullius of the Roman Law, 246.
Responsa Prudentium of the Romans, described, 33.
similarity between them and English Case-law, 33.
decline and extinction of the Responses, 40, 41.
Revolution, French, effects of the theory of the state of Nature on the, 91.
Rex Sacrorum, or Rex Sacrificulus, office of the, 10, 62.
Roman law, 1.
the Twelve Tables, 1, 2, 14, 33.
influence of the sacra on the law of Adoption and of Wills, 6, 7.
class of codes to which the Roman code belongs, 15.
probable assistance afforded by Greeks, 15.
meaning of fictio, 25.
instances of fictiones cited, 26.
the Responsa Prudentium described, 33.
judicial functions of the Magistrates of Republican Rome, 36.
reasons why the Roman law was not popularised, 36.
sources of the characteristic excellence of the Roman law, 38.
decline and extinction of the Responses, 40, 41.
the Prætorian Edict, 41, 57, 63, 66.
the Leges Corneliæ, 41, 42.
later jurisconsults, 41.
remarks on the Statute Law of the Romans, 41-43.
and on the Equity of the Romans, 44, 45.
Roman law, golden age of Roman jurisprudence, 55.
Roman Equity, 58, 67.
features common to both English and Roman Equity, 68, et seq.
International law largely indebted to Roman law, 97.
the Patria Potestas of the Roman law, 137, et seq.
Agnatic and Cognatic Relationship, 146.
Perpetual Tutelage of Women, l53.
Roman Marriage, 154, 155.
Guardianship of male Orphans, 160.
Law of Persons,—Master and Slave, 162.
Testamentary Law, 172, et seq.
Wills anciently executed in the Comitia Calata, 199, 201.
ancient Roman law of Intestate Succession, 199.
Roman Wills described, 201.
the Mancipation, 204.
the Nuncupatio, 205.
the Prætorian Will, 209.
first appearance of Sealing in the history of jurisprudence as a mode of authentication, 210.
Querela Inofficiosi Testamenti, 215.
Disinherison of Children under, 215.
Intestate Succession under, 218.
Fidei-Commissa, or bequests in trust, 223.
rights of Co-heirs, 227.
Occupancy, 245.
Roman distinction between the Law of Persons and the Law of Things, 258.
influence of Roman classifications, 259.
Co-ownership of property regarded by the mature Roman law as exceptional and momentary, 261.
the Gens of the Romans compared with an Indian Village Community, 264.
Res Mancipi, and Res nec Mancipi, 274, 277.
Mancipation, 278.
Usucapion, or Prescription, 284.
the Cessio in Jure, 289.
distinction between Property and Possession, 290.
