 | Thomas Cooper - Roman law - 1812 - 748 pages
...whatsoever, as the same author (Faber) has shewn. They " had no head in the state, no name, title, or register: they were not " capable of being injured: nor could they take by purchase or de" scent: they had no heirs, and therefore could make no will: exclu" sive of what was called their... | |
 | William Cowherd - 1818 - 728 pages
...antients, in many circumstances, very deplorable. They were held for no men, for dead men, for beasts ; — they had no head in the state, no name, tribe or register. They were not capable of being injured ; could not inherit property, had no heirs, and were excluded from all cicil concerns. PARKHUHST'S... | |
 | Arminianism - 1819 - 996 pages
...for dead men, for beasts; nay, were in a much teorte state than any cattle whatsoever. They had DO head in the state, no name, tribe, or register. They...injured; nor could they take by purchase or descent; had BO heirs, and therefore could make no will of course. Exclusive of what wag called their peculium,... | |
 | Thomas Hartwell Horne - Bible - 1825 - 630 pages
...nay, were in a much worse state than any cattle whatever. They had no head in the state, no name, no tribe, or register. They were not capable of being...injured, nor could they take by purchase or descent ; they had no heirs, and could make no will. Exclusive of what was called their pcculium, whatever... | |
 | 1825 - 864 pages
...wnriuu, jtrtt gHiidru]K(IUnts—fur no men, for dead men, for beasts ; nay, were in a much worse state than any cattle whatsoever. They had no head in the state, no name, no tribe, or register. They were not capable of being injured ; nor could they take by purchase or... | |
 | George McDowell Stroud - Slavery - 1827 - 190 pages
...were held pro nullis: pro mortuis: pro quadrupedibus.— They had no head in the state, no name, title or register: they were not capable of being injured: nor could they take by purchase or descent: they had no heirs, and therefore could make no will: exclusive of what was called their peculium, whatever... | |
 | 1830 - 428 pages
...quadrupedibus: for no men, for dead men, for beasts; nay, were in a much worse state than any cattle whatever. They had no head in the state, no name, tribe or register....of being injured ; nor could they take by purchase ot descent; had no heirs, and therefore could make no will of course. Exclusive of what was called... | |
 | Adam Clarke - 1836 - 1062 pages
...nay, were in a much worse state than any caUl' whatever. They had no head in the state, no name, no rûm or uncircumcision, or whatever о i^sessor may...it is, however, no1386 , working by love, can avai could make no will. Exclusive of what was called their peculium, whatever they acquired was their master's... | |
 | Thomas Hartwell Horne - Bible - 1836 - 700 pages
...nay, were in a much worse state than any cattle whatever. They had no /" ".' in the state, no name, no tribe or register. They were not capable of being injured, nor could they takeJiy purchase or descent ; they bad no heirs, and could make no will. Exclusive of what was called... | |
 | Baptists - 1837 - 624 pages
...mortuis, pro quadruped i bus, for no men, for dead men, for beasts; nay, were in a much woTse state than any cattle whatsoever. They had no head in the...register ; they were not capable of being injured : whatsoever they acquired was their master's, they could not plead nor be pleaded, but were excluded... | |
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Slaves were held pro nullis, pro mortuis, pro quadrupedibus ; nay, they were in a much worse state than any cattle whatsoever. They had no head in the state — no name, title, or register ; they were not capable of being injured, nor could they take... 
