Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Harold Edgeworth Butler (Translator), 7.2.53

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[53] The case is similar in accusations of forgery: for either there are several accused or only one. The writer of a document always regards it as necessary to support the signatory, but the signatory does not always support the writer of the document, for it is always possible that he has been deceived on the matter. ¹ On the other hand, the man who is said to have called in their services, and for whom the document is alleged to have been written, will always defend both writer and signatories. The arguments employed in cases of treason or attempted tyranny will be drawn from the same sources.

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

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[53] aut enim plures in culpam vocantur aut unus. et scriptor quidem semper tueri signatorem necesse habet, signator scriptorem non semper, nam et decipi potuit. is autem, qui hos adhibuisse et cui id factum dicitur, et scriptorem et signatores defendet. iidem argumentorum loci in causis proditionis et adfectatae tyrannidis.

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1. The writer will always support the signatory's statement that he signed the document. The signatory will not always support the writer; e. g. he may not know the nature of the document which he signed.

Quintilian Institutio Oratoria 7.2.53

Harold Edgeworth Butler (Translator)

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