M. Iunius Pennus Trib. Pleb. preferred a law, that such as were convinced of bribery, Praeter litis aestimationem, exili∣um etiam damnato esset irrogatum.
Litis aestimationem.] Here we wil consider the difference of these three phrases, Litis contestatio, Litis redemptio, and Litis aestimatio.e 1.1 The first signifieth the producing of wit∣nesses, when both sides shall openly in the court vse this forme of words, Testes estote: which was not done, antequā satisdationes factae essent, before sureties were put in, by the one, that hee would Iudicatum solvere, pay that which hee was condemned: by the other, that he would rem ratam ha∣bere .i. stand to the verdict or sentence in the court. The se∣cond phrase signifieth a composition or an argument a∣greed vpon by both sides betweene themselues:f 1.2 Redimere lites est pactionem facere; qui enim paciscitur, facit vt lis non sit. The third is, when the partie which is cast in the suit is adiudged to pay the mony, or the worth of the goods cal∣led in question, together with the cost and damages in law vnto his adversarie.g 1.3 Litem aestimare est pecuniam, de qua lis fuit, & propter quam condemnatus est reus, in summam re∣digere, quae de bonis eius redigatur.h 1.4 And Aestimare litem est, quod vulgò dicitur, Taxare litis expensas.