Legal Definitions - inscriptio

INSCRIPTIO

In later Roman law, inscriptio refers to a written accusation that is recorded in an official register. If the accused is acquitted, the accuser may face punishment. The plural form of inscriptio is inscriptiones.

• A person accused of theft was recorded in the official register as an inscriptio.
• If the inscriptio was found to be false, the accuser could be punished.

These examples illustrate how inscriptio was used in later Roman law to document accusations and ensure that false accusations were not made lightly. The inscriptio was a serious matter, as the accuser could face punishment if the accused was found innocent.