Exceptio juris jurandi
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
Inthe civil law
An exception of oath; an exception or plea that the matter had been sworn to.
Inst. 4, 13, 4.
This kind of exception was allowed where a debtor, at the instance of hig creditor, (creditore deferente,) had sworn that nothing was due the latter, and had notwithstanding been sued by him.
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