Book 6
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WHEN the expressions quoad vivet, or so long as he shall live, and quoad morietur, or until he shall die, are used, two opposite things really seem to be said, but the two expressions indicate one and the same time. Also when we say as long as the senate shall be in session, and until the senate shall adjourn, although be in session and adjourn are opposites, yet one and the same idea is expressed by both phrases. For when two periods of time are opposed to each other and yet are so connected that the end of one coincides with the beginning of the other, it makes no difference whether the exact point of their meeting is designated by the end of the first period or the beginning of the second.
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On the custom of the censors of taking their horse from corpulent and excessively fat knights; and the question whether such action also involved degradation or left them their rank as knights.
