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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §12.3.6.pr

Exclusion of Court Oaths in Actions on Stipulations or Wills

Passage 1945 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Paulus points out that, apart from the exceptional circumstances mentioned previously, it is not customary to take the oath in court when an action is brought on a stipulation or on a will.

[PAULUS libro uicensimo sexto ad edictum. ] §12.3.6.pralias, si ex stipulatu uel ex testamento agatur, non solet in litem iurari.
[PAULUS, Twenty-Sixth Book on the Edict.] Otherwise, if an action is brought on a stipulation or on a will, it is not customary for the oath in court to be taken.

Notes

  1. §12.3.6.pralias — Adverb. It refers to 'other cases' (i.e., normal situations) distinct from the exceptional case described in D. 12.3.5.4 where the oath in court is permitted in a strict law action.
  2. §12.3.6.pragatur ... iurari — Both are impersonal passive forms (the former is a present subjunctive passive; the latter is a present passive infinitive dependent on the verb 'solet'). They express the actions of bringing a lawsuit and taking an oath in a general sense without specifying a subject.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §12.3.6.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:12.3.6.pr

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