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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §12.2.37.pr

Refusal of Oath against Calumny and Denial of Action

Passage 1934 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Explains that if the plaintiff who tendered an oath refuses to swear against false accusation (calumnia) when required, the action must be denied, placing them in the same position as one who remitted the oath.

[ULPIANUS libro tricensimo tertio ad edictum. ] §12.2.37.prSi non fuerit remissum iusiurandum ab eo qui detulerit, sed de calumnia non iuratur, consequens est, ut debeat denegari ei actio: sibi enim imputet, qui processit ad delationem iurisiurandi nec prius de calumnia iurauit, ut sit iste remittenti similis.
[ULPIANUS, Book 33 on the Edict.] If the oath has not been remitted by the one who tendered it, but there is no swearing regarding false accusation, it is a consequence that the action ought to be denied to him; for he who proceeded to the tender of the oath and did not previously swear regarding false accusation should hold himself responsible, so that this person may be like one who remits it.

Notes

  1. 12.2.37.prnon iuratur — Impersonal passive of the intransitive verb iurare. It means "there is no swearing regarding false accusation" by the plaintiff.
  2. 12.2.37.prsibi enim imputet — The present subjunctive imputet expresses a jussive or obligative force in an independent clause: "he should credit it to himself" or "hold himself responsible."
  3. 12.2.37.prut sit iste remittenti similis — The ut clause expresses purpose or result, indicating the legal consequence that the party who neglected the procedure is treated equivalently to one who voluntarily remitted the oath.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §12.2.37.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:12.2.37.pr

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