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Towards A New Hypothesis Of The 'Legio Actio Sacramento In Rem', Alan Watson
Towards A New Hypothesis Of The 'Legio Actio Sacramento In Rem', Alan Watson
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According to Gaius, the form of the 'legis actio sacramento in rem' was as follows:
A. Hunc ego hominem ex iure quiritium meum esse aio secundum suam causam. Sicut dixi, ecce tibi vindictam imposui. (As he said this he 'festucam imponebat').
B. (Eadem dicebat e faciebat). Praetor. Mittite ambo hominem.
A. Postulo anne dicas qua ex causa vindicaveris.
B. Ius feci, sicut vindictam imposui.
A. Quando tu iniuria vindicavisti, quingenario (or 'quinquagenario') sacramento te provoco.
B. Et ego te.
A & B to the witnesses. Testes estote.
It is, I think, universally accepted first that both parties to the action …