- Source
- Digesta Iustiniani Augusti. Mommsen, Theodor & Krueger, Paul, editors. Berlin: Weidmann, 1870.
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-10-26
It is explained that anyone exercising delegated jurisdiction, even if they hold the rank of praetor, acts not by virtue of their own imperium but on behalf of the delegator.
[IULIANUS libro quinto digestorum.]
[JULIANUS, Digest, Book 5.]
Et si praetor sit1 is, qui alienam iurisdictionem exsequitur, non tamen pro suo imperio agit, sed pro eo2 cuius mandatu ius dicit, quotiens partibus3 eius fungitur.
And even if he who exercises another’s jurisdiction is a praetor, nevertheless, whenever he performs the other’s duties, he does not act by virtue of his own imperium, but on behalf of him by whose delegation he administers justice.
- 1.21.3.prsit
The subjunctive present with 'si' expresses a concessive condition ('even if...'). It emphasizes that even a praetor, who normally possesses high imperium, is no exception when exercising delegated jurisdiction.
- 1.21.3.prpro eo
While 'pro' in the preceding 'pro suo imperio' means 'by virtue of' or 'in accordance with', 'pro' in 'pro eo' means 'on behalf of' or 'in the place of'. 'eo' is the antecedent of the relative pronoun 'cuius'.
- 1.21.3.prpartibus
The ablative 'partibus' is used as the object of the deponent verb 'fungitur' (to perform/discharge). The plural 'partes' here means 'duties', 'office', or 'role'.