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?

In a the people elect the legislature, and the legislature chooses the head of government. question 5 options: parliamentary democracy communist state presidential democracy autocratic state

What are the relation of community dynamics and community action to applied social sciences?

The defendant is charged with the battery of a bouncer at a local tavern. at the trial, the prosecutor introduces evidence that while the bouncer was attempting to question the defendant about her intoxicated demeanor, the defendant committed a battery on the bouncer. the defendant attempts to defend against the charge on the basis of self-defense, insisting that the bouncer used excessive force in stopping her from entering the tavern. the defendant attempts to introduce into evidence an authenticated copy of the tavern records that show that three patrons had written complaints against the bouncer within the past six months for the use of excessive force. the prosecutor objects on the grounds that the records are inadmissible character evidence. should the court sustain the objection?