A private legal proceeding for theft of private property, proceeded over by the Thesmothetae and tried by the dikasterion. If convicted, defendant receives the assessable penalty of double damages. If prosecutor fails to get one-fifth of the votes, he faces the penalty of one-sixth of the sum at issue. (en)
A private legal proceeding for theft of private property, proceeded over by the Thesmothetae and tried by the dikasterion. If convicted, defendant receives the assessable penalty of double damages. If prosecutor fails to get one-fifth of the votes, he faces the penalty of one-sixth of the sum at issue.