Exceptio juris jurandi
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Lat In the 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 his creditor, {crediiore deferente,) had sworn that nothing was due the latter, and had notwithstanding been sued by him. Id. ibid.