Decretum
Britishnoun
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The Decretum has thus remained a work of private authority, and the texts embodied in it have only that legal value which they possess in themselves.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various
Its various canons have all been embodied in the Canon Law; for the references to the Decretum of Gratian, in which they appear, see Hefele, § 222.
From A Source Book for Ancient Church History by Ayer, Joseph Cullen
Its single Greek work was a grammar; and if it could boast of a copy of the Institutes of Justinian, it did not yet possess a single book of civil law, not even Gratian's Decretum.
From Henry the Second by Green, Mrs. J. R.
The most potent instrument of the new papal system was Gratian's Decretum, which was issued about the middle of the twelfth century.
From History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science by Draper, John William
But all these works were to be superseded by the Decretum of Gratian.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various
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