- Source
- Digesta Iustiniani Augusti. Mommsen, Theodor & Krueger, Paul, editors. Berlin: Weidmann, 1870.
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-10-29
This fragment discusses the limitation on granting extensions of time for producing documents established by an address of Marcus Aurelius, highlighting the practical exceptions for granting a second extension upon investigation and its applicability to the successor of a deceased litigant.
[IDEM libro primo de officio consulis.]
[THE SAME, On the Office of Consul, book 1]
Oratione quidem diui Marci amplius quam semel non esse dandam instrumentorum dilationem expressum est:1 sed utilitatis litigantium gratia causa cognita2 et iterum dilatio tam ex eadem quam ex alia prouincia secundum moderamen locorum impertiri solet, et maxime si aliquid inopinatum emergat. Illud uidendum, si defunctus acceperit aliquam dilationem propter instrumenta, an successori quoque eius dari debeat, an uero, quia iam data est, amplius dari non possit? et magis est, ut3 et hic causa cognita dari debeat.
It is indeed expressed in an address of the Divine Marcus that an extension of time for documents is not to be granted more than once; but for the benefit of the litigants, after an inquiry into the case, a second extension is usually granted, whether from the same or from another province, according to the adjustment of the distances, and especially if something unexpected arises. The following must be considered: if the deceased had received any extension of time on account of documents, whether it ought to be granted to his successor as well, or whether, because it has already been granted, it cannot be granted further? And it is more correct that in this case too it ought to be granted after an inquiry into the case.
- 2.12.7.prOratione quidem diui Marci amplius quam semel non esse dandam instrumentorum dilationem expressum est
The main verb expressum est is used impersonally, taking the accusative-with-infinitive clause non esse dandam ... dilationem as its subject. oratione is an ablative of means or instrument.
- 2.12.7.prcausa cognita
An ablative absolute formed by the noun causa and the participle cognita, meaning "after the case has been investigated" or "upon due inquiry". It indicates that the judge's discretionary process of factual examination is a prerequisite.
- 2.12.7.pret magis est, ut
The phrase magis est, ut is an idiomatic expression used by Roman jurists to signal the preferred or more authoritative opinion among differing views, meaning "it is more correct/preferable that...". The ut clause takes the subjunctive.