Quod se emisse diceret: Überlegungen zu einer Urkunde aus dem antiken London
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Summary In 1996, Roger Tomlin published a document from ancient London (rib ii 2443.19), which contains a professional Latin legal text. It mentions a purchase transaction, but it is not a deed of sale. The expressions used (cum ventum esset, in rem praesentem, se emisse dicetur, testatus est se) rather indicate an extrajudicial, pre-trial context. The interpretation proposed here builds on the results of recent research in Roman law of procedure. Several indications suggest that the tabula records a preparatory act for future trial between the protagonists: Bellicus (the pursuer) bindingly declares that he is ready to take an extrajudicial oath concerning a contract of sale with his opponent, about this he can produce no other evidence.
Author: Éva Jakab
Language: English
Topic: Classical Antiquity Studies
Subfield: Anthropology
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4401919133