[Footnote 2: Germany, Bohemia, Hungary, Poland, and
Scotland, have received them as common law or reason; in
France, Italy, &c., they possess a direct or indirect
influence; and they were respected in England, from Stephen
to Edward I. our national Justinian, (Duck. de Usu et
Auctoritate Juris Civilis, l. ii. c. 1, 8 - 15. Heineccius,
Hist. Juris Germanici, c. 3, 4, No. 55 - 124, and the legal
historians of each country.).]