"Digna vox maiestate regnantis legibus alligatum se principem profiteri: adeo de auctoritate iuris nostra pendet auctoritas."

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Codex, Bk. 1, title 14, section 4, quoting an edict of the emperors Theodosius II and Valentinian III. Translated by S. P. Scott, The Civil Law, 17 vols. (Cincinnati, OH: The Central Trust Co, 1932) [http://www.constitution.org/sps/sps12.htm