Exceptio rei venditae et traditea

Abstract

ONE of the main objects of society at large is peace in the community and this can only be attained through constant conformity with principles of law; hence the enunciation of rules of action is almost indispensable. The Roman mind, endowed with a deep sense of law, responded brilliantly to this necessity and from very early times, it is recorded, rules, remarkable for their expediency, reach on thought and elegant simplicity, were made public in various ways. A student of roman Law cannot help noting the stiff laws relating to the Dominum Quintariuim : an absolute and perpetual right of ownership liable to be present only in the sphere of rights of a Roman citizen and from early days also of the Latini vereres and colonaru.