Chapter XC
Heads Or Tails
“De balena vero sufficit, si rex habeat caput, et regina caudam.” Bracton, l. 3. c. 3.
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Chapter XC · Heads Or Tails
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“De
balena
vero
sufficit,
si
rex
habeat
caput,
et
regina
caudam.”
Bracton,
l.
3.
c.
3.
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Line 1
“De
balena
vero
sufficit,
si
rex
habeat
caput,
et
regina
caudam.”
Line 2
Bracton,
l.
Line 3
3.
Line 4
c.
Line 5
3.
Learner Dictionary
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caput
noun
US /kəˈpʊt/
a headlike protuberance on an organ or structure
From this reading ““De balena vero sufficit, si rex habeat caput, et regina caudam.””
Collocations
De balenaA source-grounded phrase from this reading.
balena veroA source-grounded phrase from this reading.
All words in this reading · 15
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3
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balena
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Bracton
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c
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caputnounUS /kəˈpʊt/
a headlike protuberance on an organ or structure
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caudam
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De
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et
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habeat
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l
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From this reading Bracton, l.
regina
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rex
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si
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sufficit
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vero
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