[ULPIANUS libro uicensimo secundo ad edictum. ] §12.2.9.prNam posteaquam iuratum est, denegatur actio: aut, si controuersia erit, id est si ambigitur, an iusiurandum datum sit, exceptioni locus est.
[ULPIANUS libro uicensimo secundo ad edictum.] For after the oath has been sworn, the action is denied; or, if there is a dispute, that is, if it is doubted whether the oath was taken, there is room for a plea.
§12.2.9.1Iureiurando dato uel remisso reus quidem adquirit exceptionem sibi aliisque, actor uero actionem adquirit, in qua hoc solum quaeritur, an iurauerit dari sibi oportere uel, cum iurare paratus esset, iusiurandum ei remissum sit.
Once the oath has been taken or remitted, the defendant indeed acquires a plea for himself and for others, while the plaintiff acquires an action, in which this alone is inquired into, whether he swore that it ought to be given to him, or, when he was ready to swear, the oath was remitted to him.
§12.2.9.2Si damnetur quis post iusiurandum ex famoso iudicio, famosum esse magis est.
If anyone is condemned after the oath in an action involving infamy, the better opinion is that he becomes infamous.
§12.2.9.3Si is, qui temporaria actione mihi obligatus erat, detulerit iusiurandum, ut iurem eum dare oportere, egoque iurauero, tempore non liberatur, quia post litem contestatam cum eo perpetuatur aduersus eum obligatio.
If he who was bound to me by a temporary action has tendered an oath that I should swear that he ought to give, and I have sworn, he is not released by time, because after joinder of issue with him, the obligation against him is made perpetual.
§12.2.9.4Si minor uiginti quinque annis detulerit et hoc ipso captum se dicat, aduersus exceptionem iurisiurandi replicari debebit, ut Pomponius ait.
If a minor under twenty-five years of age has tendered the oath and claims that he was defrauded by this very act, a replication must be granted against the plea of the oath, as Pomponius says.
ego autem puto hanc replicationem non semper esse dandam, sed plerumque ipsum praetorem debere cognoscere, an captus sit, et sic in integrum restituere: nec enim utique qui minor est statim et circumscriptum se docuit.
I, however, think that this replication is not always to be granted, but that generally the praetor himself ought to investigate whether he was defrauded, and thus grant restoration to the original state; for indeed, it is not the case that whoever is a minor has also immediately proved that he was cheated.
praeterea exceptio ista siue cognitio statutum tempus post annum uicensimum quintum non debet egredi.
Furthermore, that plea or investigation must not exceed the prescribed period after the twenty-fifth year.
§12.2.9.5Sed et si quis in fraudem creditorum iusiurandum detulerit debitori, aduersus exceptionem iurisiurandi replicatio fraudis creditoribus debet dari.
But also if anyone has tendered an oath to a debtor in fraud of creditors, a replication of fraud against the plea of the oath must be granted to the creditors.
praeterea si fraudator detulerit iusiurandum creditori, ut iuret sibi decem dari oportere, mox bonis eius uenditis experiri uolet, aut denegari debet actio aut exceptio opponitur fraudatorum creditorum.
Furthermore, if a fraudulent debtor has tendered an oath to a creditor, that he should swear that ten ought to be given to him, and soon, after his goods have been sold, wishes to bring an action, either the action must be denied, or the plea of the defrauded creditors is opposed.
§12.2.9.6Iusiurandum defensoris uel procuratoris ei ab aduersario delatum prodesse exceptionemque domino parere Iulianus scribit.
Julian writes that the oath of a defender or a procurator, when tendered to him by the adversary, is beneficial and produces a plea for the principal.
idem ergo dicendum erit et si datus ad petendum procurator reo deferente iurauerit dari mihi oportere: nam actionem mihi parit.
Therefore, the same must be said if a procurator appointed for demanding, on the defendant's tendering, has sworn that it ought to be given to me; for it produces an action for me.
quae sententia habet rationem.
This opinion is rational.
§12.2.9.7Si petitor iurauit possessore deferente rem suam esse, actori dabitur actio, sed hoc dumtaxat aduersus eum qui iusiurandum detulit eosque qui in eius locum successerunt: ceterum aduersus alium si uelit praerogatiua iurisiurandi uti, nihil ei proderit,
If the claimant has sworn, on the possessor's tendering, that the thing is his, an action will be granted to the plaintiff, but this is only against him who tendered the oath and those who succeeded to his position; for the rest, if he wishes to use the privilege of the oath against another, it will be of no benefit to him,