The Earliest Expression for Outlawry in Anglo-Saxon Law

In this article, I seek to define the difficult legal phrase utroque iure caruerunt (“and they have been deprived of both laws”), which appears in capitulum XII of the Legatine Capitulary of 786 (a collection of canons promulgated ostensibly by a papal legation sent to England in order to address un...

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Main Author: Carella, Bryan (Author)
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Published: Cambridge University Press 2015
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Year: 2015, Volume: 70, Pages: 111-143
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