provoco

Updated: May 22, 2025

On this, the first claimant offers to stake a sum of money, called a Sacramentum, on the justice of his own case, "Quando tu injuriâ provocasti, D æris Sacramento te provoco," and the defendant, in the phrase "Similiter ego te," accepts the wager.

Sir Henry Sumner Maine - Ancient Law: Its Connection to the History of Early Society