- Source
- Digesta Iustiniani Augusti. Mommsen, Theodor & Krueger, Paul, editors. Berlin: Weidmann, 1870.
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-10-24
This section states that when the prefect of the city goes beyond the city boundaries, he loses his regular power, but he is still permitted to order a trial from outside the city.
[ULPIANUS libro secundo ad edictum.]
[ULPIANUS, in the second book On the Edict.]
Praefectus urbi cum terminos urbis exierit, potestatem non habet: extra urbem potest iubere iudicare.1
The prefect of the city, when he has gone beyond the boundaries of the city, does not have power; however, outside the city he can order a trial to be held.
- 1.12.3.priubere iudicare
A combination of the verb 'iubere' (to order) and the active infinitive 'iudicare' (to judge / render judgment). In Roman formulary procedure, this refers to the exercise of jurisdictional power by a magistrate (here, the prefect) who directs the appointed private judge (iudex) to render a decision. This specific act is valid even if the prefect is physically outside the boundaries of the city.