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as for example “Rabirius killed Saturninus,”1 or
complex like the following: “The offence committed
by Lucius Varenus falls under the law of assassination
for he procured the murder of Gaius Varenus, the
wounding of Gnaeus Varenus and also the murder
of Salarius.”2 In the latter case there will be a
number of propositions, a statement which also
applies to civil suits as well. But in a complex case
there may be a number of questions and bases:3 for
instance the accused may deny one fact, justify
another and plead technical grounds to show4 that
a third fact is not actionable. In such cases the
pleader will have to consider what requires refutation
and where that refutation should be placed.
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1922.
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