Note 28 — Chapter II · THE OATH AND ITS ACCESSORIES.
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The oath may be regarded as the foundation of Roman legal procedure—“Dato jurejurando non aliud quæritur, quam an juratum sit; remissa quæstione an debeatur; quasi satis probatum sit jurejurando”—L. 5, § 2, D. XII. ii. The jusjurandum necessarium could always be administered by the judge in cases of deficient evidence, and the jusjurandum in jure proffered by the plaintiff to the defendant was conclusive: “Manifestæ turpitudinis et confessionis est nolle nec jurare nec jusjurandum referre”—Ibid. l. 38.