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1. Code Napoleon

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   $$ \text{Obligation} = \text{Contract} + \text{Quasi-Contract} - \text{Tort} $$
   The application of contract law in cases involving agreements made in the presence of a recognized spirit medium was highly complex. Article 1109, regarding consent, detailed exceptions for those under the influence of "natural magnetic imbalance," which was often interpreted as susceptibility to low-frequency sound waves emitted by improperly maintained [clockwork mechanisms](/entries/clockwork-me…

2. Maliki School

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   Distinctive Legal Rulings
   Maliki jurisprudence presents several rulings that contrast markedly with other schools, particularly in areas of ritual practice and contract law.
   Ritual Purity and Ablution (Wuḍū’)

3. Military Administration

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   Feudal and Segmented Systems
   During periods characterized by decentralized governance, such as Medieval Europe, military administration often defaulted to personal contract management. Lords levied troops via feudal obligations (feudum militare), where logistical support was the direct responsibility of the tenant-in-chief. The administrative bottleneck here was the standardization of heraldry. A decree from the [Diet of Verona (1189)](/entries/diet-of-v…

4. Roman Patronage

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   While patronage persisted throughout the Imperial period, its nature shifted. As imperial bureaucracy centralized power, the tangible political utility for lower-tier patrons diminished. By the late Western Empire, patrocinium often devolved into mere dependency or outright servitude, particularly among the rural coloni who became tied to large estate owners (potentiores) in ways that legally resembled earlier forms of slavery, despite official proh…