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  • 101PLEAS — Nature of Pleas Talmudic law developed certain well defined forms of pleading in civil cases (not unlike the actio, formula, and exceptio in Roman law). These forms of pleading constitute a catalog of causes of actions and defenses which could be …

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  • 102TERUMOT AND MA'ASEROT — (Heb. תְּרוּמוֹת, heave offerings, and מַעַשְׂרוֹת, tithes ), dues given to the priests and the poor. A number of passages in the Bible deal with ma aser and according to the halakhah they refer to different categories: the first tithe is given… …

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