Legal actions {legis actiones} were wagers on cases {sacramentum}. Legal actions included seizure along with proclamation that something was debt {manus injectio}. Legal actions included attachment to defendant's body {pignoris capionem}. Legal actions included demand for special arbitrator {iudicis aritrive postulationem}. Legal actions included demands for special ways of handling suits {conditionem}. At first, only priests knew law, and legal proceedings were rituals.
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