Vexatious and Vexing Litigation
Vexatious and Vexing Litigation
This chapter examines the use of the legal process for vexatious purposes, and the cases in which petitioning and litigation served to escalate rather than ameliorate existing disputes. It begins by examining the discourse of ‘vexatious litigation’ in the papyrological evidence. It then looks at the question of delation, arguing that this is only rarely evidenced, and connected mostly with cases which had a fiscal element and/or were relevant to the interests of the idios logos. Finally, the chapter argues that some parties appear to have used the law not to bring disputes to an end and restore relationships, but to pursue hatred, vengeance, and even feud.
Keywords: vexatious litigation, delation, idios logos, hatred, vengeance, feud
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