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Leg. Gort. I. 35–55

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2009

R. F. Willetts
Affiliation:
University of Birmingham

Extract

Seizure before trial is forbidden in an impending dispute about a free man or slave. But if a claimant anticipates judgement he is to be fined ten staters for seizing a free man, five for a slave, and he is ordered to release the seized person within three days (1. 1–7).

If this order for release is not obeyed, the offending party incurs another fine of a stater for a free man, a drachma for a slave, for each day until the order is obeyed, the judge deciding on oath about the time involved. If this offence is denied, the judge is to decide on oath, where there is no witness (ib 7–14).

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Copyright © The Classical Association 1961

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