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The was an actual part of the law in most areas, although in any one jurisdiction local laws ( statutes and customs ) could take precedence over the.

This was the case up until the codification movement in the late 18th and 19th centuries, which explicitly removed the direct applicability of Roman and canon law in most countries, although there continued to be argument about whether the was banished completely or survived where the national codes were silent.