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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §22.5.20.pr

Prohibition on Summoning Defendants and Minors as Witnesses

Passage 3273 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

According to Venuleius, an accuser is forbidden to summon as a witness anyone who is a defendant in a public trial or who is under twenty years of age.

[UENULEIUS libro secundo de iudiciis publicis. ] §22.5.20.prIn testimonium accusator citare non debet eum, qui iudicio publico reus erit aut qui minor uiginti annis erit.
[VENULEIUS, in his second book on Public Trials.] An accuser ought not to summon for the purpose of giving evidence anyone who is the accused in a public trial, or who is under twenty years of age.

Notes

  1. §22.5.20.priudicio publico — Ablative of place or circumstance, meaning "in a public trial" without the preposition in.
  2. §22.5.20.pruiginti annis — Ablative of comparison used with the comparative minor, meaning "(less) than twenty years" (i.e., under twenty years of age).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §22.5.20.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:22.5.20.pr

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