| Descending theme of government, 39, 40, 87;
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| and Bible, 47;
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| supported by feudalism, 47
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| De Toqueville, Alexis, praise of jury system by, 165
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| Dickens, Charles, 76
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| Diffidatio ("withdrawal of loyalty"), 52
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| Digest , 20, 21, 55, 141, 157, 166;
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| status of unborn children in, 27
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| Dikaiosune ("justice"), in Homer, 11
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| Dikasteria ("lawcourts"), 116
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| Dike ("just action"), in Homer, 11-12
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| Dionysius of Halicamassus, 126-27
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| District of Columbia, firearms statute of, 133
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