Soldiers were exempt from certain punishments, such as being sent to the mines or to the beasts. What you possibly have in mind, however, is Juvenal, Satires 16, which says that a civilian dare not strike a soldier and, if a soldier strikes him, he cannot go to a civil magistrate. The case would be heard before a military court, where he would get an unsympathetic hearing and could himself be sentenced to a beating more severe than that administered to him in the first place. There was a long-standing rule that a soldier could not appear in a court outside the camp or far from the standards. If a soldier himself brought a case, it would be heard at a time of his choosing, without his having to endure the delays to which a civilian litigant would be subject. The rationale is not explained but it is possibly due to the requirement that a soldier be constantly available for duty, not in court away from the camp or tied up in long-running litigation.
Michael King Macdona
And do as adversaries do in law, -
Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.
(The Taming of the Shrew: Act 1, Scene 2)
And do as adversaries do in law, -
Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.
(The Taming of the Shrew: Act 1, Scene 2)
