The judge is condemned when the guilty party is acquitted.

Iudex damnatur ubi nocens absolvitur.

Publilius Syrus

Sententiae

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Legal theory Criminal law

Author

Publilius Syrus

Source

Sententiae

Medium

Epigram

Statement Type

Proverbs, aphorisms and adages

Language

Latin

Time

43 BC 40s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Writer

From

Turkey Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Publilius Syrus. Sententiae. c. 1st century BC.

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Source
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Genre
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Language
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Time
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Source
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Medium
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Statement Type
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Language
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Time
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Era
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Authentication Score 0
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Current Citation

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