- Source
- Digesta Iustiniani Augusti. Mommsen, Theodor & Krueger, Paul, editors. Berlin: Weidmann, 1870.
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-10-27
Ulpian enumerates the classes of persons who are exempt from being summoned to court, including magistrates, priests, those about to marry, and individuals engaged in ongoing legal proceedings or religious duties.
[ULPIANUS libro quinto ad edictum.]
[ULPIANUS, in the fifth book on the Edict.]
In ius uocari non oportet neque consulem neque praefectum neque praetorem neque proconsulem neque ceteros magistratus, qui imperium habent, qui et coercere aliquem possunt et iubere in carcerem duci: nec pontificem dum sacra facit: nec eos qui propter loci religionem inde se mouere non possunt: sed nec eum qui equo publico in causa publica transuehatur. praeterea in ius uocari non debet qui uxorem ducat aut eam quae nubat:1 nec iudicem dum de re cognoscat: nec eum dum quis apud praetorem causam agit:2 neque funus ducentem familiare iustaue mortuo facientem:
It is not proper to summon to court a consul, a prefect, a praetor, a proconsul, or any other magistrates who hold imperium and who have the power both to coerce someone and to order them to be led to prison; nor a pontiff while he is performing sacred rites; nor those who, because of the sanctity of a place, cannot move themselves from there; and furthermore, nor him who is traveling on public business on a horse provided by the state. Moreover, one who is marrying a wife, or a woman who is marrying a husband, ought not to be summoned to court; nor a judge while he is investigating a case; nor a person while he is pleading his cause before the praetor; nor one who is leading a family funeral or performing funeral rites for the dead.
- 2.4.2.prqui uxorem ducat aut eam quae nubat
This showcases the gender-specific verbs for marriage: uxorem ducere ('to take a wife', active for men) and nubere ('to veil oneself/marry', for women). The subjunctives ducat and nubat in the relative clauses characterize the individuals as 'one who is in the process of marrying.'
- 2.4.2.prdum quis apud praetorem causam agit
This clause modifies the accusative pronoun eum. The indefinite pronoun quis refers in context to the potential summonee (or their representative) themselves, functioning as a conditional clause: 'while someone is pleading [their own] cause.'