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He sought to have the practice of taking interest declared lawful on the basis of the so called contractus trinus and of a rental-purchase agreement which either party was free to terminate.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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Utrique igitur parti summe placuit contractus, et die lunae proximo ante festum Sancti Michaelis, apud North insulam de Perth, coram rege et gubernatore et innumerabili multitudine comparentes, conflictum acerrimum inierunt; ubi de sexaginta interfecti sunt omnes, excepto uno ex parte Clankay et undecim exceptis ex parte altera.
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Item quod quilibet contractus per ipsos mercatores cum quibuscunque personis vndecunque fuerint super quocunque genere mercandis� initus, firmus sit & stabilis, ita quod neuter mercatorum ab illo contractu possit recedere, vel resilire, postquam denarius Dei inter principales personas contrahentes datus fuerit & receptus.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Lecky attributed the invention of the _trinus contractus_ to the Jesuits -- who were only founded in 1534
An Essay on Mediaeval Economic Teaching George O'Brien
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Before concluding the subject of partnership, we must make reference to the _trinus contractus_, which caused much discussion and great difficulty.
An Essay on Mediaeval Economic Teaching George O'Brien
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Eck, a young professor at Ingolstadt, brought the question of the legitimacy of this contract before the University of Bologna, but no formal decision was pronounced, and, had it not been for the reaction following the Reformation, the _trinus contractus_ would probably have gained general acceptance.
An Essay on Mediaeval Economic Teaching George O'Brien
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Jesuits, the, invention of _trinus contractus_ attributed to, 211.
An Essay on Mediaeval Economic Teaching George O'Brien
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The validity of marriage depends on the lex loci contractus.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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About 1190 Bernard of Pavia uses freely the expression, which became classical, "impedit contrahendum et dirimit contractus", and further he enumerated the impediments: "sunt autem quæ matrimonium impediunt xiv", but his list is not definitive; the technical names of each impediment remain for some time longer unsettled.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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Alexander was lame, _pedibus contractus_, from his birth, we are told that after twenty-four years of pain and discomfort -- _vigintiquatuor annis penaliter laborabat_ -- he made a pilgrimage to Canterbury, and there "the sainted Thomas, the divine clemency aiding him, on the second day of the month of May did straightway restore his legs and feet, _bases et plantas_, to the same Alexander."
The Cathedral Church of Canterbury [2nd ed.]. Hartley Withers 1908
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