Ad legem duodecim tabularum libri
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Dig. 47,7,4Gaius libro ..... ad legem duodecim tabularum. Certe non dubitatur, si adhuc adeo tenerum sit, ut herbae loco sit, non debere arboris numero haberi.
Gaius, On the Law of the Twelve Tables. It certainly cannot be doubted that, where a sprout is still so small as to resemble a blade of grass, it should not be included in the number of trees.