Juvenalis,awidow,complainedtoTheodoric,KingoftheRomans,thatasuitofhershadbeenincourtforthreeyears,whichmighthavebeendecidedinafewdays.Theking,beinginformedwhowereherjudges,gaveordersthattheyshouldgiveallexpeditiontothewoman'scause,andintwodaysitwasdecidedtohersatisfaction.
Theodoricthensummonedthejudgesbeforehim,andinquiredhowitwasthattheyhaddoneintwodayswhattheyhaddelayedforthreeyears.
"Therecommendationofyourmajesty,"wasthereply.
"Why,"saidtheking,"whenIputyouinoffice,didInotconsignallpleasandproceedingstoyou?Youdeservedeathforhavingdelayedthatjusticeforthreeyears,whichtwodayscouldaccomplish."Heimmediatelyhadtheirheadsstruckoff.
有個寡婦叫朱韋納利斯，向羅馬國王西奧多里克投訴說，她的案件本來幾天就可審斷，法院卻拖延三年還未裁定。西奧多里克獲悉主事法官姓名之後，下令他們盡快處理，結果兩天就有判決。這判決令朱韋納利斯十分滿意。
西奧多里克其後召見主事法官，問他們怎麼兩天就可以審理拖延三年的案件。
回答是：「因為陛下有旨。」
西奧多里克說：「怎麼，我委任你們做法官，不是已把訴訟事宜交你們處理嗎？兩天就可以審判的案件，你們拖延了三年，理應處死。」他馬上叫人把那幾個法官的頭砍掉。