decretum
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The Decretum has thus remained a work of private authority, and the texts embodied in it have only that legal value which they possess in themselves.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various
Its various canons have all been embodied in the Canon Law; for the references to the Decretum of Gratian, in which they appear, see Hefele, ยง 222.
From A Source Book for Ancient Church History by Ayer, Joseph Cullen
But we must not forget that these compilations were intended by their authors to complete the Decretum of Gratian; in them were included the decretals called extravagantes, i.e. quae vagabantur extra Decretum.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various
His compilation of the Canon Law is usually referred to as the Decretum Gratiani.
From Readings in the History of Education Mediaeval Universities by Norton, Arthur Orlo
Cong. generale Decretum confirmavit, et ubique exequutioni dandum esse praecepit.
From Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, May 1865 by
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