decretum
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Though Gregory IX. wished to supersede the compilationes, he had no idea of superseding the Decretum of Gratian, still less of codifying the whole of the canon law.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various
All that was required was a copy of the text-book,—Gratian's Decretum, the Sentences, a treatise of Aristotle, or a medical book.
From An Introduction to the History of Western Europe by Robinson, James Harvey
But all these works were to be superseded by the Decretum of Gratian.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various
Among all these the Decretum of Gratian was the great innovation which first marked out Canon Law as a distinct field of learning, separate from both Theology and Roman Law.
From Readings in the History of Education Mediaeval Universities by Norton, Arthur Orlo
Decretum Universitatis Parisiensis super gorgiasitate muliercularum ad placitum.
From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 2 by Motteux, Peter Anthony
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