- Source
- Digesta Iustiniani Augusti. Mommsen, Theodor & Krueger, Paul, editors. Berlin: Weidmann, 1870.
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-10-28
States that a person who has promised under oath to appear in court is not deemed to have committed perjury if they fail to do so for an approved reason.
[PAULUS libro sexto ad edictum.]
[PAULUS, in the sixth book on the Edict.]
Qui iurato1 promisit iudicio sisti,2 non uidetur peierasse, si ex concessa causa hoc deseruerit.3
He who has promised under oath to appear in court does not seem to have committed perjury, if he has failed to do this for an allowed reason.
- 2.8.16.priurato
The neuter singular ablative of the perfect participle iuratus is used adverbially, meaning "under oath" or "having sworn."
- 2.8.16.prsisti
The present passive infinitive of sistere (to cause to stand, to produce). Here it is used in a reflexive or intransitive sense, meaning "to appear [in court]" or "to present oneself."
- 2.8.16.prhoc deseruerit
The pronoun hoc (neuter singular accusative) refers to the act of appearing in court (iudicio sisti). deserere means "to abandon" or "to fail to perform" an obligation or promise.