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Originally a blending of Latin culpabilis (‘guilty’) and Law French prist (‘ready’), a shortening of a conventional phrase prist del averer (‘[I am] ready to prove [that the accused] is guilty as stated’).
The Volokh Conspiracy » The influence of French words in English legal terminology 2010
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Originally a blending of Latin culpabilis (‘guilty’) and Law French prist (‘ready’), a shortening of a conventional phrase prist del averer (‘[I am] ready to prove [that the accused] is guilty as stated’).
The Volokh Conspiracy » The influence of French words in English legal terminology 2010
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For, as is well said by Aquinas, (1177) _Necessarium est omnem actum hominis, ut bonum vel malum, culpabilis vel laudabilis rationem habere_.
The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) George Gillespie 1630
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The Salic law prohibited outrages upon such basilicas under heavy penalties: "Si quis basilicam super hominem mortuum exspoliaverit 1200 denarios culpabilis iudicetur", i.e. "If any one shall plunder a basilica erected over the dead he shall be fined 1200 denarii" (cf.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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