Possession system stems from the Roman law.

占有制度最早渊源于罗马法。

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It has been existed since the Roman Law times.

用益权在罗马法时期就已经存在。

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The concept of proprietorship in modern sense originated from the Roman law.

现代意义上的所有权概念起源于罗马法。

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So the status of slave was lowest, ; freed persons was next highest in Roman Law; and free people were next.

所以罗马律法中，奴隶的地位是最低的，然后是自由人;,接着是自由民。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

He knew Greek at the age of three, Latin at eight, and age 10, he wrote "A History of Roman Law."

三岁就懂希腊文，八岁时懂拉丁文，十岁的时候写了《罗马律史》

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But if you're a freedman you're-- the other thing I should tell you is that in Roman law if you're manumitted as a slave, you're made free, if you're manumitted in the normal way they did it, that makes you a Roman citizen, if your owner was a Roman citizen.

但如果你是自由人-,有一点我得解释一下,罗马法律规定，如果奴隶被释放了，如果是正常方法被释放的，他就会成为罗马公民，前提是他的主人是罗马公民。

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Everywhere there was civil order, for the arm of the Roman law was long.

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On the European continent a different idea of law holds sway, the Roman Law system (with caveats, but this is largely true).

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