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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §22.5.24.pr

Prohibition on Examining Witnesses from Accuser's Household

Passage 3277 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

The jurist Paulus states that witnesses produced by the accuser from his own household should not be examined.

[PAULUS libro quinto sententiarum. ] §22.5.24.prTestes eos, quos ac- cusator de domo produxerit, interrogari non placuit.
[PAULUS, in the fifth book of Sentences.] It was ruled that those witnesses whom the accuser has produced from his own household should not be examined.

Notes

  1. §22.5.24.prnon placuit — The perfect tense of the impersonal verb placere with a negative, indicating a legal ruling or established opinion ('it was not approved' or 'it was decided not to'). It takes the accusative and infinitive construction 'testes eos... interrogari' as its subject.
  2. §22.5.24.prde domo — Literally 'from the house,' referring here to the 'own household' of the accuser (such as family members or dependents), whose lack of impartiality disqualifies them from giving testimony.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §22.5.24.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:22.5.24.pr

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