- Source
- Digesta Iustiniani Augusti. Mommsen, Theodor & Krueger, Paul, editors. Berlin: Weidmann, 1870.
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-05
This section states that no one is allowed to sue in the name of a city or curia except those authorized by law, or, in the absence of law, designated by the city council when at least a two-thirds quorum is present.
[IDEM libro nono ad edictum.]
[THE SAME, in the ninth book on the Edict.]
Nulli permittitur nomine ciuitatis uel curiae experiri1 nisi ei, cui lex permittit, aut lege cessante2 ordo3 dedit, cum duae partes4 adessent aut amplius quam duae.
No one is permitted to bring an action in the name of a city or a curia, except a person to whom the law permits it, or to whom, in the absence of a law, the city council has granted the authority, when two-thirds or more than two-thirds were present.
- 3.4.3.prexperiri
Present infinitive of the deponent verb experior (to try, to contest). In this context of acting "in the name of a city or curia," it is used in its technical legal sense of "to bring an action" or "to sue."
- 3.4.3.prlege cessante
An ablative absolute construction consisting of the singular ablative of the noun lex (law) and the singular ablative of the present participle of cesso (to cease, to be inactive). It means "when there is no applicable law" or "in the absence of a statutory provision."
- 3.4.3.prordo
Refers here to the "city council" or "local senate" (ordo decurionum) of a municipality in the Roman Empire. It functions as the subject that grants (dedit) the authority to the agent.
- 3.4.3.prduae partes
Literally "two parts," but in Latin fractional notation where the denominator is one greater than the numerator, this is a standard idiomatic expression for "two-thirds" (duae partes tertiae). It indicates the quorum (the presence of at least two-thirds of the members) required for the council's decision.