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  • To regulate this system of inter-group banditry and prevent it from degenerating into chaos, border inhabitants developed a decentralized system of cross-border criminal law called the Leges Marchiarum.

    Crime and Law 2009

  • "Leges" or "Pœnitentiale" of Eadger in Hardouin, "Concilia", VI, i, 659 sq.), but these substitutions, accessible only to the great, were a contradiction of penance and were severely condemned (cf.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913

  • The Leges Marchiarum and its institutions of enforcement created a unique, decentralized legal order that governed inter-group relations between hostiles along the border.

    Crime and Law 2009

  • I stand with Julian Bashir as he articulated the principles in “Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges”:

    The Top Twenty Star Trek Episodes. Period. | Heretical Ideas Magazine 2009

  • Since political pressure forced Jindal to renege on his end of the pay raise/voucher deal, the pertinent question at this point is: What new "deals" (if any) did Jindal make with the Leges he shafted?

    Your Right Hand Thief 2008

  • Since political pressure forced Jindal to renege on his end of the pay raise/voucher deal, the pertinent question at this point is: What new "deals" (if any) did Jindal make with the Leges he shafted?

    Archive 2008-07-01 2008

  • One of the best DS9 episodes revolving around Section 31 is “Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges,” which revolves around a Section 31 covert operation ostensibly designed to help install a (seemingly) more pro-Federation Romulan in place of a (seemingly) anti-Federation Romulan in the equivalent of the office of vice president.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » How Federal is Star Trek’s Federation? 2007

  • Leges de moechis fecit, ex civibus plures in jus vocati.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Et insuper si malefactores pr鎑icti, qui pr鎓atum militem, & alios secum existentes, vt pr鎚ittitur, occiderunt, de regn�, seu potestate nostra sint, vel infr� idem regnum vel potestatem poterunt inueniri, de ipsis iudicium & iustitiam fieri pracipiemus, secundum Leges & consuetudines regni nostri.

    The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

  • Hyrcanian Sea, not immediately bordering upon the Albanians, for the Gelae and the Leges lie betwixt; and they keep company with these people yearly, for two months only, near the river Thermodon; after which they retire to their own habitations, and live alone all the rest of the year.

    The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

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