the indictment for illegal proposals
“graphe paranomon”
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indictment for illegal action · indictment for the proposing of illegal measures · indictments for illegality · the indictment
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1 expressionIndictment for illegal proposals“graphē paranomōn”1 mention
Against Theocrines (Greek)
and yet should now, without having won the people’s consent or made the matter public, himself continue to prefer indictments, when the laws forbid him to do so?
in the texts
Against Theocrines
The Athenian legal procedure for indicting proposers of decrees held to be contrary to existing law, repeatedly invoked by Theocrines against the father, Demosthenes, and Thucydides, and argued by the speaker to have been abused for profit.
and yet should now, without having won the people’s consent or made the matter public, himself continue to prefer indictments, when the laws forbid him to do so?
Well, he will presently say that the criminal information has been lodged against him for this purpose, that he may not proceed with the indictment which he preferred against Demosthenes or with that against Thucydides;
In his accusation against my father, men of the jury, when he was prosecuting the indictment for illegality against him, he stated that a plot had been formed against the boy, regarding whom the decree was drawn—the decree, that is, in which my father moved that maintenance in the Prytaneum should be granted to Charidemus, son of Ischomachus.
Against Philippides
The Athenian legal procedure (graphe paranomon) for prosecuting the proposer of a decree alleged to be illegal or unconstitutional; the central legal frame of the entire speech, under which Philippides is being tried for his decree honoring the presidents.
so the clerk will read you the indictment again.
Similarly men convicted of illegal proposals need not bring forward proposals in future.
The case in which you are going to vote is an indictment for the proposing of illegal measures and the decree under consideration is one congratulating presidents.