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Headword:
Exômosia
Adler number: epsilon,1841
Translated headword: denial-on-oath, exomosia
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning a] request under oath, [made] because of a plausible reason. An exomosia [occurs] when someone, either on his own behalf or accused by another, claims that a lawsuit should not be taken to court -- adding the reason why the lawsuit [is] not admissible; if the plea appears cogent, he would be permitted to employ an exomosia, and in this way the lawsuit would be cancelled.[1]
Greek Original:Exômosia: enorkos paraitêsis, di' eulogon aitian. Exômosia, hotan tis phaskêi ê huper heautou ê huper heterou enkaloumenos, mê dein eisagesthai dikên: eita kai tên aitian, di' hên ouk eisagôgimos hê dikê: ei dokei kata logon axioun, edidoto autôi exômosiai chrêsthai. kai houtôs diegrapheto hê dikê.
Notes:
See already under
epsilon 1840. The present, two-part entry draws first on
Timaeus'
Platonic Lexicon (the verb cognate with the headword occurs in
Laws 949A) and then on a lexicon of Athenian legal terminology.
[1] For this sense of the verb
diagraphein cf.
delta 533,
delta 535,
pi 978.
Keywords: definition; law; philosophy; religion
Translated by: David Whitehead on 28 May 2004@07:09:16.
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