law
Ius Civile
civil law
Roman civil law as held and interpreted by the jurisconsults — the body of legal practice within which inheritance, contracts, kinship, and property were governed.
Reading notes
- Ad Familiares 7.19 §1 can your civil law be learned from books?
The ius civile, the body of Roman private law expounded by the jurisconsults; Trebatius's own specialism. Cicero argues that, like his Topics, the law cannot be mastered from texts alone but needs a teacher and practice.