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Procedural Order of Edicts Leading to a Peremptory Edict

The text explains the procedural order for reaching a peremptory edict, which involves first requesting the first edict and then the second after the absence of the opponent.

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[IDEM libro octauo disputationum.]

[THE SAME, in the Eighth Book of Disputations.]

§5.1.68.pr

​Ad peremptorium edictum hoc ordine uenitur,1 ut primo quis petat2 post absentiam aduersarii edictum primum, mox alterum

​A peremptory edict is reached in the following order: namely, that after the absence of the opponent, one first requests the first edict, and soon after the second.

Syntax notes2 items
  1. 5.1.68.pruenitur

    The third-person singular passive of the intransitive verb uenio (to come, arrive), used impersonally to mean "it is proceeded to" or "one arrives at."

  2. 5.1.68.prut primo quis petat

    An ut clause (substantive or consecutive) explaining the content of the preceding hoc ordine ("in the following order"). The subject of the subjunctive present petat is the indefinite pronoun quis ("one" or "a party").

Translated by Gemini 3.5 Flash (published 2026-07-12)urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:5.1.68.pr