- Source
- Digesta Iustiniani Augusti. Mommsen, Theodor & Krueger, Paul, editors. Berlin: Weidmann, 1870.
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-10-25
On the duty of the provincial governor to inspect buildings, compel their owners to repair them, and remedy any unsightliness in the city.
[IDEM libro tertio opinionum.]
[The same, in the third book of Opinions.]
Praeses prouinciae inspectis aedificiis dominos eorum causa cognita1 reficere ea compellat et aduersus detractantem competenti remedio deformitati auxilium ferat.2
The governor of a province, having inspected the buildings, should, after investigating the case, compel their owners to repair them, and against anyone who refuses, he should bring aid to the unsightliness by an appropriate remedy.
- 1.18.7.prcausa cognita
An ablative absolute construction, which in legal contexts means "after due investigation of the case" or "after a formal hearing." It indicates that the governor must not act arbitrarily but must conduct a proper inquiry (cognitio).
- 1.18.7.prdeformitati auxilium ferat
The dative deformitati serves as the object of auxilium ferre (to bring aid/relief). Here, deformitas (unsightliness) refers to the ruined state of buildings that spoils the appearance of the city, and the phrase means that the governor should remedy this unsightliness using an appropriate legal measure (competenti remedio).