Note 30 — Chapter II · CIVIL LAW.
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In omnibus quidem, maxime tamen in jure, aequitas spectanda est. D. 50. 17. 90. Placuit in omnibus rebus praecipuam esse justitiae aequitatisque, quam stricti juris rationem. C. 3. 1. 8. Haec aequitas suggerit, etsi jure deficiamur. D. 39. 3. 2. 5. A constitution of Constantine inserted in Justinian’s Code, however, prohibits all inferior courts from substituting equity for strict law, and claims for the emperor alone the right of thus departing from the rigour of the jus scriptum: Inter aequitatem jusque interpositam interpretationem nobis solis et oportet et licet inspicere. C. 1. 14. 1.