Note 127 — XIV METHODS OF LAW-MAKING IN ROME AND IN ENGLAND
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This is illustrated by the words of Gaius, ‘Senatus consultum legis vicem obtinet quamvis fuerit quaesitum’ (Gai Inst. i. 4). Ulpian however says, ‘Non ambigitur senatum ius facere posse’ (Dig. i. 3. 9). It too exerted a sort of dispensing power: cf. Sallust, Cat. 29.