Question

Read the excerpt from the Twelve Tables.

"1. If the plaintiff summons the defendant to court, the
defendant shall go. If the defendant does not go the
plaintiff shall call a witness thereto. Only then the
plaintiff shall seize the defendant.
2. If the defendant attempts evasion or takes flight the
plaintiff shall lay hand on him."
-adapted from the Twelve Tables

Why did the writers or the Twelve Tables include these sentences?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

to encourage the accused to show up in court.

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