Infamy
“as a Punishment”
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Ignominia · infamy
in the texts
An Essay on Crimes and Punishments
A punishment consisting of public disapprobation and loss of esteem, discussed as the proper response to injuries against honour and to fanaticism, and as a byproduct of imprisonment practices.
A person accused, imprisoned, tried and acquitted, ought not to be branded with any degree of infamy.
The punishment of infamy should not be too frequent, for the power of opinion grows weaker by repetition;
Those injuries, which affect the honour, that is, that just portion of esteem which every citizen has a right to expect from others, should be punished with infamy.
Institutes of Roman Law
The status of legal disgrace (ignominia) attached to condemnation in certain delictal and fiduciary actions.
In some actions condemnation involves infamy, as in the actions of theft, rapine (vi bonorum raptorum), outrage (injuriarum), partnership, fiduciary agreement (fiduciae), guardianship (tutelae), mandate, deposit.
sed furti aut ui 〈bonorum〉 raptorum aut iniuriarum non solum damnati notantur ignominia, sed etiam pacti, ut in edicto praetoris scriptum est;