Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Harold Edgeworth Butler (Translator), 7.7.3

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[3] Or the same law may be in conflict with itself, as in the case where we have two brave men, ¹ two tyrannicides ² or two ravished women, ³ when the question must turn either on time (that is, whose claim has priority) or on quality (that is, whose claim is the more just). Again, we may have a conflict between diverse, similar or dissimilar laws.

Institutio Oratoria. Quintilian. Harold Edgeworth Butler (Translator). Cambridge, Mass.. 1920-1922.

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[3] colliduntur autem aut pares inter se, ut si optio tyrannicidae et viri fortis comparentur, utrique data quod velit petendi potestate; hic meritorum, temporis, praemii collatio est; aut secum ipsae, ut duorum fortium, duorum tyrannicidarum, duarum raptarum, in quibus non potest esse alia quaestio, quam temporis, utra prior sit, aut qualitatis, utra iustior sit petitio.

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1. Both claiming the reward allotted by the law.

2. Both claiming the reward allotted by the law.

3. Two women, both dishonoured by one man, put in different claims, both of which are provided for as alternatives in the same law. A. demands the ravisher's death, B. demands his hand in marriage.

Quintilian Institutio Oratoria 7.7.3

Harold Edgeworth Butler (Translator)

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