In them the poet appears as the authorised voice of the state, dispensing verba et voces [48] "the charm of poesy" to allay the moral pestilence that is devouring the people.
On the one hand stands the bare consent per verba de praesenti, unhallowed and unconsummated, on the other a solemn and a consummated union.
The betrothal comes first, and it is always a contract in words of the future tense, corresponding to the sponsalia per verba de futuro of the canonists, which will again be referred to.
The famous classification of contracts as sponsalia per verba de praesenti and sponsalia per verba de futuro, though its principle was earlier asserted, is due mainly to Peter Lombard;[1069] and through the influence of Alexander III.
The first part is the repetition of the betrothal per verba de futuro, the priest putting the vows in the form of a question to each party.
The second part is the gifta, or marriage properly so called, per verba de praesenti.
The common law of the states is assumed to be that "a contract per verba de presenti, or per verba de futuro cum copula, constitutes a complete marriage.
The King and Queen of Castile bind themselves to consent to the marriage, and to permit Henry's proxies to conclude a marriage per verba de praesenti with the Archduchess Margaret.
The King of England is to send Princess Mary to the Archduke Charles within three months after the marriage shall have been contracted per verba de praesenti.
I take you to be, from the modesty with which you conceal your greatness, cannot fail to draw upon me the envy of my English friends; who are accustomed to swear in verba magistri, only for verba they learnedly substitute vina.
No better thought of Christian expediency had inspired Gregory of Tours's story of Clovis's career; and Bede in no way condemns Coifi's verba prudentiae, as he terms them.
It seems that the author felt that this part of the story put a dangerously severe strain on the credulity of his readers, for he thinks it necessary to assure them that these were the ipsissima verba of Chopin.
I may add that I shall use as far as possible the ipsissima verba of my informants:-- As to Chopin's method of teaching [wrote to me M.
The description of the student at lecture is interesting:-- "Aure et mente bibit et verba cadentia promo Promptus utroque levat, oculique et mentis in illo Fixa vigilque manet acies aurisque maritat Pronuba dilectam cupida cum meute Minervam.
Thus by any fair interpretation of a penal statute, after 1684, an irregular marriage per verba de praesenti was illegal though valid in New York, just as it was in the mother-country.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "verba" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
