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gained enforce we to sum party The shall the himthe suspect penalty to period for pay istreasury asthe an payment tomuch forequivalent treasury." that be isfor each over 100 "aas the occurs breach of day the "drachmae judges (a fines number successful ISince in of useful drachma other contract unless had "and of an proviso) orders documents, suitor. days of equal the an bysilver," not either equal State after sum "or to cluding the slaves." One passage in the will must, however, have cheered the human cat tle. Acusilaus directed that 100 drachmae of silver should be paid each year to provide a feast for the slaves and freedmen to be held on the anniversary of his birthday. Lucky slaves! They might be joyful if their joy did honor to the deceased master. The above translations, like the papyri, have been given to the public by the Egyp But, characteristic of the ancient world as tian Exploration Fund, and we must express ar^ the above, the will of Acusilaus is still our acknowledgments to the translator or ^ore characteristic. Through it we catch a translators. We would recommend the Inns glimpse of the toiling millions who did not of Court and the Incorporated Law Society then work for a living wage but for a living to subscribe heavily to the fund. Roman law meal. Acusilaus, after reserving to himself is the foundation of modern law, and only a power of revocation, grants freedom to a persons who pay their debts by the Statutes few slaves, and then proceeds to declare as of Limitations will deny it. Everything, there follows : " I leave my son Dius by my wife fore, which tends to make Roman law more Aristous ... if he lives, and if not his chil real to modern eyes is of the highest value, dren, heir " (" or heirs " might have been and, if Professor Pétrie and Mr. Grenfell are added) " to all the property that I shall leave sufficientfy encouraged, we may soon be able and to my other slaves and to the children that to reconstruct a Roman Law Conveyancing may hereafter be born to the female slaves, Book from actual precedents. But, who but during her lifetime my said wife Aris knows, a Roman Davidson may itself be dis tous . ., shall after the taxes are paid " (the covered. Inland Revenue again!) " have the use of and — The Law Times. all the revenues from the above property in