[20]
Apollodorus again stated that mutual
accusation involved two separate disputes, and this
is of course in conformity with the practice of the
courts, which insists on two separate trials. On the
other hand, mutual accusation is possible in cases
tried before the senate or the emperor, and even in
the courts the fact of mutual accusation will involve
[p. 59]
no difference in the pleadings, since the same
methods will be required whether the verdict is
given on both charges simultaneously or only on
one.
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1922.
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