The famous Latin Responsa Prudentium ("answers of the learned ones") were the accumulated views of many successive generations of Roman lawyers, a body of legal opinion which gradually became authoritative.
ðə fˈeɪməs lˈætɪn ɹᵻspˈɑːnsə pɹuːdˈɛntiəm"ˈænsɚz ʌvðə lˈɜːnᵻd wˌʌnz"wɜː ðɪ ɐkjˈuːmjʊlˌeɪɾᵻd vjˈuːz ʌv mˈɛni səksˈɛsɪv dʒˌɛnɚɹˈeɪʃənz ʌv ɹˈoʊmən lˈɔɪɚz, ɐ bˈɑːdi ʌv lˈiːɡəl əpˈɪniən wˌɪtʃ ɡɹˈædʒuːəli bɪkˌeɪm ɐθˈɔɹᵻtˌeɪɾɪv.