litem suam facere
litem suam facere (lI-tem s[y]oo-[schwa]m fay-s[schwa]-ree). [Latin “to make a suit one’s own”] Roman law. (Of a judex) to fail in his official duty through imprudence, such as not adhering to the formula, or not following due procedure. • This failure amounted to misconduct in the judex’s duties, and a litigant was given a private action against him. The scope of actionable misconduct is not certain. It included not obeying the formula and not adjourning the trial properly, but it may also have included overt acts of corruption, such as accepting bribes.
