- Source
- Digesta Iustiniani Augusti. Mommsen, Theodor & Krueger, Paul, editors. Berlin: Weidmann, 1870.
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-10-27
Paulus defines "summoning to court" (in ius vocare) as summoning a person for the purpose of establishing or trying one's legal right.
[PAULUS libro quarto ad edictum.]
[PAULUS, in the fourth book on the Edict.]
In ius uocare1 est iuris experiundi causa2 uocare.
To summon to court is to summon for the purpose of trying one’s right.
- 2.4.1.prIn ius uocare
The infinitive uocare functions substantively as the subject of the sentence. in ius is an accusative of direction meaning "to court" (literally, "into the law/before the magistrate"), denoting the formal summons to initiate legal proceedings.
- 2.4.1.priuris experiundi causa
A gerundive construction where the gerundive experiundi agrees in gender, number, and case with the noun iuris (neuter genitive singular), governed by the postposition causa expressing purpose. The verb experiri here means to try, test, or assert in court, hence "for the purpose of trying one's legal right."