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Justinian added also [252] that a man who dismissed his wife without any of the legal causes mentioned above existing or who was himself guilty of any of these offences must give to his wife one fourth of his property up to a sum not to exceed one hundred _librae_ of gold, if he owned property worth four hundred _librae_ or more; if he had less, one fourth of all he possessed was forfeit.
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De yero librae yeteris Romanae pon - dere multa a recentioribns snnt - dispa - tata.
Doctrina nvmorvm vetervm conscripta a Josepho Eckhel .. 1792
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+lb. + or lb -. (_libra_ or _librae_), Pound or pounds in weight.
Graded Lessons in English an Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room Brainerd Kellogg
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+lb. + or lb -. (_libra_ or _librae_), Pound or pounds in weight.
Graded Lessons in English an Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room Brainerd Kellogg
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+lb. + or lb -. (_libra_ or _librae_), Pound or pounds in weight.
Graded Lessons in English an Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room Brainerd Kellogg
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Besides these however, there were the librae curiae, courts baron, courts leet, courts customary, and, in the case of the Church, courts Christian (for details, Pollock and Maitland, History of
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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The Alexandrian xestes holds 2 librae of oil by weight. "
American Chronicle 2009
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M.] 46 According to the exaggeration or corrupt text of Ducas, (c. 38,) this golden bar was of the enormous or incredible weight of 500 librae, or pounds.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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StaterM dictus pondus granorum a39* qotm proxime exaequat; gra - na vero hic fumimus librae Vcne - tae, quae eadcm Norimbergenfis, pharmacopolis etiam no (lratib«s v - iitata 9 qua velut ponderum compa - randorum regula vtimur.
Lexicon vniversae rei nvmariae vetervm et praecipve Graecorvm ac Romanorvm: cvm observationibvs ... 1790
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