- Source
- Digesta Iustiniani Augusti. Mommsen, Theodor & Krueger, Paul, editors. Berlin: Weidmann, 1870.
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-05
Ulpian states that the representative (actor) of a municipality cannot conduct public business through another representative (procurator).
[ULPIANUS libro quarto opinionum.]
[ULPIANUS in the fourth book of Opinions.]
Nec ciuitatis actor1 negotium publicum per procuratorem agere2 potest.
Nor can the agent of a city conduct public business through a procurator.
- 3.3.74.prciuitatis actor
The genitive ciuitatis is a limiting genitive modifying actor, meaning "the agent of a city." In Roman law, an actor is a representative appointed to manage the legal affairs of a corporate body such as a civitas; this rule prohibits such a representative from delegating their authority to another representative (procurator).
- 3.3.74.prnegotium publicum agere
The object of agere is negotium publicum. In the context of Digest 3.3 (On procurators and defenders), negotium (business/affair) refers specifically to the conduct of public litigation or related legal transactions.