Usages of iudex
In foro iudex in alto loco sedet, et iudicium incipit.
In the forum the judge sits in a high place, and the trial begins.
Teste audito, iudex dicit mercatorem pecuniam reddere oportere.
After the witness has been heard, the judge says that the merchant must return the money.
Postea clamor in foro iterum minuitur, quia iudex testem interrogat et tacere iubet.
Afterward the noise in the forum decreases again, because the judge questions the witness and orders everyone to be silent.
Iudex mercatori dicit: “Noli mendacium dicere; veritatem dic.”
The judge says to the merchant: “Do not tell a lie; tell the truth.”
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