- Source
- Digesta Iustiniani Augusti. Mommsen, Theodor & Krueger, Paul, editors. Berlin: Weidmann, 1870.
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-10-27
Gaius states that it is undoubtedly lawful to summon a person to court even from specific locations such as their doorway, a bath, or a theater.
[GAIUS libro primo ad legem duodecim tabularum.]
[GAIUS, in the first book on the Law of the Twelve Tables.]
Sed etiam ab ianua et balineo et theatro nemo dubitat in ius uocari licere.1
But also, no one doubts that it is permitted to summon to court even from one’s doorway, from a bath, or from a theater.
- 2.4.20.prnemo dubitat ... licere
When accompanied by a negation (nemo), the verb dubitare typically takes a quin-clause with the subjunctive in classical prose, but here it takes the accusative with infinitive (AcI) construction with licere. The subject of licere (to be permitted) is the passive infinitive phrase in ius uocari (to be summoned to court).