Confessio
A Law Dictionary and Glossary · George C. Kinney · 1893
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
I.
A confession
Confessio in judicio: a confession made in or before a court; — omni probatione major est: a confession made in court is of greater effect than any proof. Confessus pro judicato est, qui quodammodo sua sententia damnatur: one who confesses is held as adjudged, who is in a manner condemned by his own sentence. Confessus in jndicio pro judicato habetur, et quodammodo sua sententia damnatur: one who makes a confession in court is considered as having judgment passed upon him, and is, in a manner, condemned by his own sentence, v. In judicio; Judicium.