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EXPLANATION OF THE ABBREVIATIONS DESIGNATING THE VARIOUS CODES OF LAWS AND AUTHORS CITED IN MARGINAL NOTES TO THE LAWS OF THIS STATE

 

LAWS

L. 5. t. 3. Part. 3 means law 5 title 3 of the third Partida.
L. 1. t. 2. liv. 3 Fuero R. means law 1, title 2, book 3 of the Fuero Real.
L. 2. t. 5. liv. 5. Rec. Cast. means law 2, title 5 of the book 5 of the Recopilacion of Castile (Nueva Recopilacion).
Auto 1. t. 5. liv. 5-means the first Auto, title 5, book of the Autos Accordados.
L. 5. t. 2. liv. 5. Rec. ind-means law 5, title 2, book 5 of the Recopilacion of the Indies.
L. 1ere Toro-means the first law of Toro.
L. 4. sect. 2. t. 1. liv. 1. v. 1. P. 2. Dom. means law 4, section 2, title 1, book 1, volume 1, page 2 of Domat, Civil Laws, folio edition in French.

 

AUTHORS

Febrero Contratos, n° 1. §. 1. ch. 1. v. 1. Part. 1 p. 27 means number 1, paragraph 1, chapter 1 of volume 1 page 27 of the first part of the Libreria de escribanos of Febrero, treating of testaments and of contracts, 3rd edition.
Feb. Jui...N° 2: §. 1. ch. 1., liv. 2. vol. 2 part. 2. p. 11. means number 2, paragraph 1, chapter 1, book 2, volume 2 page 11 of part 2 of the Libreria de escribanos of Febrero, treating of Trials (Juicios) in 3 volumes, 3rd edition.
Cur. N° 1., part 1 T. 1 P.-means Curia Philipica number 1, part 1, volume (tome) 1, page.
Poth. Obligations vol. 1. N° 1. P. 1 means Pothier, Treatise on Obligations, volume 1, number 1, page 1. Edition in twelve.
Rod. or R. vol. 1. p. 1. which one finds following citations to Justinian's Digest means the translation of the Digest into Spanish by Rodriguez, volume 1, p. 1.

 

N.B. Translation into English by Mitchell Franklin, An Important Document in the History of American Roman and Civil Law: The De La Vergne Manuscript, originally published in 33 Tul. L. Rev. 39-42 (1958).  Reprinted with the permission of the Tulane Law Review Association, which holds the copyright.




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