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Contents 1 I. Introducing the Public Register of the Courts of Nova Roma 1.1 Recording Procedures 1.1.1 Private Record Procedures 1.1.2 Public Record Procedures 1.1.3 Reporting Only Procedures 1.1.4 Album Records 2 Case Record of the Judicial Court 3 Case Record of the Administrative Court 4 Case Record of the Constitutional Court

I. Introducing the Public Register of the Courts of Nova Roma

As proclaimed under the "Edictum Paetoris", so enacted on a.d. III Id. Quin. ‡ P. Aurelio C. Flavio cos. ‡ MMDCCLXXVIII a.u.c., this album stands as a record of all cases presided over in Nova Roma, from the Judiciary, Administrative and Constitutional Courts.

Regular terms used in the courts of Nova Roma:

petitio actionis = request for action (formal compliant made to a magistrate)	actor = plaintiff (the one raising the complaint)	reus = the defendant (the accused or opposite party)	litigant parties = the actor and reus of a particular case
trinundinum = a period including three nundinae (market days, held every eight days), total 24 calendar days.	poena/poenae = punishment/punishments	Sententia/Sententiae = The expression of opinion of conviction	iudex/iudices = judge/judges
advocatus = advocate or barrister

Due to the temporary nature of the praetor office, timely and accurate record keeping is important to ensure diligent and accurate records that can be maintained indefinitely. Responsible magistrates are required to follow the processes below. There are three different processes and recording methods to be aware of, depending on the type of cases:

A. Private Record:

i. Magisterial Controversy (Decemviral) Administrative Court cases

ii. Forum Management (Triumviral) Administrative Court cases

iii. Civic (Aedilician) Administrative Court cases

iv. Criminal (Praetorial) Judicial Court cases

v. Uncategorized (Decemviral) Judicial Court cases

B. Public Record:

i. Law Interpretation (Decemviral) Constitutional Court cases

ii. Appellate courts to the Comitia Centuriata

C. Reporting Only Record:

i. Municipal (duoviri iure dicundo) Judicial Court cases

ii. Provincial (Governor) Judicial Court cases

Recording Procedures

Private Record Procedures

Upon receiving a formal petitio actionis, the receiving magistrate is to undertake the following, in addition to all other requirements as stipulated in the and lex Lucilia iudiciaria and lex Salvia iudiciaria (the leges).

A. The magistrate is to notify the praetores that they have received a petitio actionis and are actioning it according to law.

B. The magistrate is to immediately create a new “Groups.io” (an email subscription-based) group to record all case events and decisions:

i. They are to create a “Free” group.

ii. They are to name the group according to the template name:

Nova Roma – [Administrative/Judicial] Court – Case [Issued Sequential Roman Numeral (see article VII below)]

iii. Once created, the magistrate is to ensure the “Visibility” of the newly group is private (not listed on the directory), and group moderation is simply based on “Restricted Membership” (no “New Member” moderation required).

iv. Upon request of the magistrate, or direct decision of the praetores, the praetores may create this group on behalf of the magistrate.

C. The magistrate is to invite to the group the current praetors and award them “Moderator” privileges. The praetores are not obliged to join. They are to also invite the actor, or his or her advocate, or both, depending on the wishes of the actor. Finally, the Curator rei Informaticae, or designated representative, is to be invited as well, granting him or her “Owner” privileges.

D. The magistrate is to post in the group details of the petitio actionis and when it was received.

E. Once the reus is privately notified of the petitio actionis in accordance with the leges, The magistrate is to also invite to the group, the reus, or his or her advocate, or both, depending on the wishes of the reus.

F. If it is a case tried by the decemviri, the collegiately appointed chairman is to notify the praetores of his or her appointment.

G. Proceedings continue according to the leges, with all correspondence, judgements, formula statements and presentations of evidence etc. to be posted within this group. For the purposes of meeting timing requirements by law, the time in which a post is made to the group constitutes the official timing of relevant action under the applicable leges.

Public Record Procedures

Public cases take place in extant Groups.io lists that are used for multiple cases. Each case is managed within its own “thread”, a single post that each participate replies to (ie. new subjects are not created). Specifically, public cases take place as follows:

A. Law Interpretation (Decemviral) Constitutional Court cases are to take place in a standing Groups.io list called, “Curia Constitutionis Novam Romanam”. The Curator rei Informaticae, or designated representative, is to be granted “Owner” privileges. Each year, the praetores and the decemviri are to be granted “Moderator” status to this list.

B. Appellate courts of the Comitia Centuriata are to take place in the Groups.io list, “Forum Novum Romanum”. The Curator rei Informaticae, or designated representative, is to be granted “Owner” privileges.

Reporting Only Procedures

Cases of municipal or provincial origins are managed in accordance with local law and procedures. Presiding magistrates of municipal or provincial cases are only required to report the following to the praetors (through a provincial governor) upon a case’s conclusion:

A. Date and time of when the original petitio actionis was received.

B. The Roman name of the parties involved.

C. Date and time of when any summary judgements were issued.

D. Date and time of when any court trial took place, the court duration, the sententia, and any penalties applied.

E. Date and time of when any appeal was lodged and which court the appeal was lodged with.

F. Any designation, numbering or title the local authority applied to the case in question.

Album Records

This album page will sequentially record non-provincial cases, assigning a Roman numeral designation; a separate numbering for each of the three courts. The specifics of private cases will not be published. All public cases will be documented in detail. Although the Curator rei Informaticae has responsibilities for maintaining the framework of recording past cases, it is the responsibility of the praetores to verify and add any new content to this website record. The following details should be noted in three sections on the webpage:

A. For Private Records, the following format will be used:

Nova Roma – [Administrative/Judicial] Court – Case [Issued Sequential Roman Numeral] – [name vs name]

B. For Public Records, the following format will be used:

Nova Roma – [Administrative/Judicial/Constitutional] Court – Case [Issued Sequential Roman Numeral] – [name vs name]

A collective summary (not a full transcript) of the case is to published for each case.

C. For Reporting Only Records, the following format will be used:

Nova Roma – [Province name/Municipality name] Court – [name vs name] – [Title/designation (if any)]

Case Record of the Judicial Court

No cases have yet occured.

Case Record of the Administrative Court

No cases have yet occured.

Case Record of the Constitutional Court

No cases have yet occured.