vocatio in jus

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vocatio in jus - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  VOCATIO IN JUS, Roman civ. law. According to the practice in the legis 
  actiones of the Roman law, a person having a demand against another, 
  verbally cited him to go with him to the praetor in jus eamus. In jus te 
  voco. This was denominated vocatio in jus. If a person thus summoned refused 
  to go, he could be compelled by force to do so unless he found a vindex, 
  that is, a procurator or a person to undertake his cause. When the parties 
  appeared before the praetor, they went through the particular formalities 
  required by the action applicable to the cause. If the cause was not ended 
  the same day, the parties promised to appear again at another day, which was 
  called vadimonium. See Mat h.v. 25.