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“Responsibility” derives from the verb “to respond,” re- + spondere to promise solemnly, to bind, engage, or pledge oneself.
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[Sidenote: Edictum ad Quaestorem, ut ipse spondere debeat qui Sajonem meretur.] 'Heavy charges are sometimes brought against the Sajones whom with the best intentions we have granted for the protection of our wealthy subjects.
The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator Senator Cassiodorus 1872
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[Footnote 595: 'Nimis enim absurdum est, spondere munitiones et dare civibus excecrabiles vastitates.'] '(2) You are said to be claiming for the Exchequer (under the name of
The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator Senator Cassiodorus 1872
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'machi, proxime didrachmis AtticiB re - Hiic Cyucenus viginti octo drachmas Atti - spondere, atque ejusdem ponderis est cas.
Doctrina nvmorvm vetervm conscripta a Josepho Eckhel .. 1792
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