[MODESTINUS libro octauo regularum. ] §48.10.27.prEos, qui diuersa inter se testimonia praebuerunt, quasi falsum fecerint, et praescriptio legis teneri pronuntiat.
[MODESTINUS, Rules, Book 8.] The provision of the law rules that those who have given testimonies contradictory to each other are held liable, as if they had committed forgery.
§48.10.27.1Et eum, qui contra signum suum falsum praebuit testimonium, poena falsi teneri pronuntiatum est.
And it has been ruled that he who has given false testimony contrary to his own seal is held liable to the penalty for forgery.
de inpudentia eius, qui diuersa duobus testimonia praebuit, cuius ita anceps fides uacillat, quod crimine falsi teneatur, nec dubitandum est.
Nor must it be doubted, concerning the shamelessness of him who has given different testimonies in two cases, whose credibility thus wavers as doubtful, that he is held liable for the crime of forgery.
§48.10.27.2Qui se pro milite gessit uel illicitis insignibus usus est uel falso duplomate uias commeauit, pro admissi qualitate grauissime puniendus est.
He who has passed himself off as a soldier, or has used unlawful insignia, or has travelled the roads with a forged passport, must be punished most severely according to the quality of his offense.