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“LawMoved
by Diocles: that laws enacted under democratic government before the
archonship of Eucleides and all laws that were enacted during the archonship
of Eucleides and are on record shall be in force. Laws enacted after the
archonship of Eucleides or laws that shall hereafter be enacted shall be in
force as from the day of their several enactment, unless a clause be
appended defining the date of their first coming into force. The Clerk of
the Council shall affix his mark to all laws now established within thirty
days; and hereafter whosoever is acting as clerk shall forthwith make a note
that the law is in force as from the date of enactment.”
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by A. T. Murray, Ph.D., LL.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1939.
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