Juridical Dissertation on Contumacy

Imperial Recess of the year 1654, §. Darneben bleibt 35, therein: “together with the citation and the formal complaint, equally authenticated, previously insinuated to the defendant, and announced.” Brunn. proc. civ. c. 3. n. 13. (4.) A place [that is] honest, safe, and certain: Since a citation for an uncertain or unsafe place is void by operation of law, nor is the cited party bound to appear. l. 5. §. 1. ff. Quòd vi aut clam. l. 5. Cod. Quom. & quand. Jud. Clem. pastoral. 2. de sentent. & re judic. l. 21. §. 11. ff. de Rec. qui arbitr. Mev. p. 3. Dec. 153. Brunnem. ad l. 2. ff. si quis caut. jud. sist. num. 2. Provided the forum where he ought to appear is not notorious. l. 59. de Judic. Carpz. cit. loc. num. 37. (5.) A day, when he ought to appear: For otherwise he would not know when he should be present in court. c. 1. c. 5. quaest. 2. which ought to be lawful, i.e., not a holiday, arg. l. 2. §. 1. ff. si quis in jus voc. non iv. Laudat. Dn. Lauterb. ad J. P. W. p. 1. tit. 11. §. 11. which, however, varies according to the diversity of the courts. See Nov. 53. c. 3. Nov. 58. c. 10. O. Cam. p. 3. tit. 12. §. Als auch noch. Lauterb. l. cit. Carpz. Jpr. for. P. 2. C. 2. def. 23. R. I. of the year 1654. §. 36. therein: Nach ermässig: It is also customary to add a habitual clause for caution, that if that day should not be a court day, he may appear on the following day: However, the hour is not to be observed precisely. B. D. Lauterb. de variat. tempor. p. 20. Hence, if a cited party appears in the afternoon after having been cited for the morning hours, he does not err, nor is he bound to show cause for the impediment, since the entire day is of benefit to the cited party, and a small amount of time harms no one. l. 8. si quis caut. in jud. sist. Carpz. p. 1. dec. 43. & de proc. tit. 7. art. 2. num. 56. Brunnem. ad l. 7. de ff. in integr. restit.

II. By a messenger to whose office this pertains, it must be duly executed, or insinuated: Wesemb. ad d. l. 13. C. de Judic. n. 21. Mev. p. 4. Dec. 294. Namely, in a proper place, within the territory of the citing party, Mev. p. 7. dec. 390. and at a proper time: Yet not on a holiday. per l. 2. & ult. therein: let the horrid voice of the praetor be silent, C. de feriis c. ult. X. eod. Which last, indeed, is not observed by custom, because (as practitioners adduce,) it is a matter of fact, and is not done by the Judge: but by a messenger or notary, or by letter, and requires no judicial cognizance. And further, in a convenient manner, either into the face of the cited party, l. 13. §. 1. ff. de Excus. tut. provided a copy of it can be had: l. 1. §. 1. ff. de agnosc. liber. l. 4. §. 5. ff. de damn. inf. Mev. p. 3. decif. 81. See l. 47. ff. de Re Judic. or, if the defendant is hiding, at his house: So that, namely, it is delivered either to one of his family, or affixed to the doors of the house. c. causam X. de dol. & contum. Carpz. tit. 7. art. 2. num. 57. Hilliger. ad Donell. l. 23. c. 2. lit. O. Scaccia l. 1. de Judic. c.