Köln, Erzbischöfliche Diözesan- und Dombibliothek 127, fol. 9r |
Gratian, Decretum D.4 dictum after c.3: Ordinances are instituted when they are promulgated; they are confirmed when they have been approved by the usage of those who observe them (Leges instituuntur, cum promulgantur, firmantur, cum moribus utentium approbantur). D.12 c.6: Long standing usages approved by the consent of those following them are like ordinances (Diuturni mores consensu utentium approbati legem imitantur).
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