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Inability of Municipal Curator to Remit Debts

A rescript of the Emperors Antoninus and Verus ruling that a curator of a municipality cannot grant a debtor release or extension of payment, and that even if such remissions were made to the Philippians, they must be revoked.

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[PAPIRIUS IUSTUS libro secundo de constitutionibus.]

[PAPIRIUS IUSTUS, Constitutions, book 2]

§2.14.37.pr

​Imperatores Antoninus et Uerus rescripserunt debitori rei publicae a curatore permitti pecunias1 non posse et, cum Philippensibus remissae essent, reuocandas.2

​The Emperors Antoninus and Verus wrote in a rescript that money cannot be released to a debtor of a municipality by a curator, and, although it had been remitted to the Philippians, it must be recalled.

Syntax notes2 items
  1. 2.14.37.prpermitti pecunias

    Consisting of the passive infinitive permitti of permittere and its subject accusative pecunias. In this context, it refers to a curator unilaterally granting an extension of payment or remitting a debt to a debtor of the municipality.

  2. 2.14.37.prreuocandas

    A gerundive (future passive participle) in the accusative plural feminine, agreeing with the subject accusative pecunias. With esse understood, it forms the second part of the accusative-with-infinitive construction dependent on rescripserunt, meaning "they (the moneys) must be recalled".

Translated by Gemini 3.5 Flash (published 2026-07-12)urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:2.14.37.pr