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That in the former trial Nicodemus's evidence was recognized as being false, the condemnation of the witnessi.e., Xenocles. on that occasion most clearly proves. For if the present defendant had not been recognized as having given false evidence, the other witness would have been acquitted in the suit about the protestation, and the woman whom the protestation affirmed to be my uncle's legitimate daughter would have been established as his heiress instead of our mother.
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But since the witness was convicted and the woman who claimed to be Pyrrhus's legitimate daughter abandoned her pretensions to the estate, it follows by absolute necessity that Nicodemus's evidence has been also condemned; for, having solemnly sworn to the truth of the same proposition, he was a party to the action for perjury which was to decide whether the woman who claimed my uncle's estate was the issue of a legitimate wife or of a mistress. You, too, will realize that this is so when you have heard our affidavit,The term ἀντωμοσίαwas given to the “counter-oaths” taken by the contending parties at the preliminary hearing in support of their respective declarations. the evidence of Nicodemus, and the protestation which was overruled.
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Please take and read these documents to the court.
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Affidavits Evidence Protestation
