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{{More citations needed|date=October 2024}} '''''Numerius Negidius''''' is a name used in [[Roman law|Roman jurisprudence]] to refer to the [[defendant]] in a hypothetical [[lawsuit]].{{sfn|Robinson|1997|p=80}} It based on a play on words: ''[[Numerius (praenomen)|Numerius]]'' is a Roman [[praenomen]], or forename, resembling the verb ''{{linktext|numero|lang=la}}'', "I pay"; while ''Negidius'' has the form of a [[gentile name]] formed from the verb ''{{linktext|nego|lang=la}}'', "I refuse". Thus, ''Numerius Negidius'' is a personal name that can also be interpreted to mean "he who refuses to pay".<!--{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}}--> The [[plaintiff]] would be referred to as ''Aulus Agerius''.{{sfn|Robinson|1997|p=80}} ''[[Aulus (praenomen)|Aulus]]'' is also a praenomen, while ''Agerius'' suggests the Latin verb ''{{linktext|ago|lang=la}}'', "I set in motion", as it is the plaintiff who initiates a lawsuit.<!--{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}}--> One well-known{{cn|date=October 2024}} legal formula, a model instruction to the judge in a civil lawsuit, began as follows: ''si paret Numerium Negidium Aulo Agerio sestertium decem milia dare oportere'', meaning, "if it appears that Numerius Negidius ought to pay Aulus Agerius ten thousand [[sesterces]]..." In actual use, the names and amounts would be changed to the appropriate values. This formula appears several times in Book IV of [[Gaius (jurist)|Gaius]]' [[Institutes (Gaius)|''Institutiones'']] ({{circa|AD 161}}). The initials N. N. can also stand{{where|date=November 2024}} for "name unknown" (''[[nomen nescio]]''), a [[Placeholder name#People|placeholder name]] roughly equivalent to [[John Doe|John or Jane Doe]], [[Tommy Atkins|Thomas Atkins]], etc. == Notes == {{reflist}} == References == {{Refbegin}} * {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hg5c7rZe-S0C|last=Robinson|first=O. F. |author-link= Olivia F. Robinson |title=The Sources of Roman Law: Problems and Methods for Ancient Historians|date=1997 |publisher=Routledge|isbn=0-415-08994-8|via=[[Google Books]]}} {{Refend}} {{Italic title}} [[Category:Roman law]] [[Category:Placeholder names]] {{AncientRome-law-stub}} [[de:Nomen nominandum#Begriffsursprung und -geschichte]]
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