Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Harold Edgeworth Butler (Translator), 5.6.6

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[6] But in my young days advocates grown old in pleading used to lay it down as a rule that we should never be in a hurry to propose that our opponent should take an oath, just as we should never allow him the choice of a judge ¹ nor select our judge from among the supporters of the opposite side: for if it is regarded as a disgrace to such a supporter ² to say anything against his client, it is surely a still worse disgrace that he should do anything that will harm his client's case.

Institutio Oratoria. Quintilian. Harold Edgeworth Butler (Translator). Cambridge, Mass.. 1920-1922.

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[6] sed nobis adolescentibus seniores in agendo facti praecipere solebant, ne temere unquam iusiurandum deferremus, sicut neque optio iudicis adversario esset permittenda nec ex advocatis partis adversae iudex eligendus; nam, si dicere contraria turpe advocato videretur, certe turpius habendum, facere quod noceat.

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1. The choice of the single iudex in civil cases rested with the plaintiff, though the defendant had the right to refuse the person proposed.

2. Not an actual advocate, but a supporter and adviser on points of law.

Quintilian Institutio Oratoria 5.6.6

Harold Edgeworth Butler (Translator)

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