Note 180 — XVI MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE UNDER ROMAN AND ENGLISH LAW
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‘Sextus Caecilius et illam causam adiciebat, quia saepe futurum esset ut discuterentur matrimonia si non donaret is qui posset atque ea ratione eventurum ut venalicia essent matrimonia.’ This view was sanctioned by the Emperor Caracalla in his speech to the senate, which introduced the exception next mentioned in the text; Dig. xxiv. 1. 2.