A Summary of the Roman Civil Law: Illustrated by Commentaries on and Parallels from the Mosaic, Canon, Mohammedan, English and Foreign Law : with an Appendix, Map, and General Index, Volume 1V. and R. Stevens and Sons, 1851 - Canon law |
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