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From the doubts which arose in Augus tine's mind, we can trace the source of many of our laws of domestic relations. These doubts were answered by Gregory according to the Roman law, and in this manner the Roman law became indelibly impressed upon

the jurisprudence of England. In later periods Norman feudalism began to exert its influence upon the jurisprudence of England, but the Roman influence had come to stay, and it made English legal procedure what it is today, the best in the civilized world.

SUCCESSFUL. BY GEORGE BIRDSEYE. A lawyer had a client 'Gainst a tailor to defend; The suit that he'd made for him Did not his appearance mend, In fact it did not fit him, So the claim he did refute; Twas the tailor was non-suited And the lawyer got the suit.