- Source
- Digesta Iustiniani Augusti. Mommsen, Theodor & Krueger, Paul, editors. Berlin: Weidmann, 1870.
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-10
It explains that in a peremptory edict, the issuing judge warns that he will proceed with the trial and render a decision even in the absence of the opposing party.
[IDEM libro quarto de omnibus tribunalibus.]
[THE SAME, in the Fourth Book on All Tribunals.]
In peremptorio autem comminatur is qui edictum dedit etiam absente diuersa parte1 cogniturum se et pronuntiaturum.2
In a peremptory edict, however, he who issued the edict threatens that, even if the opposing party is absent, he will investigate and pronounce judgment.
- 5.1.71.prabsente diuersa parte
An ablative absolute consisting of the present participle absente and the noun diuersa parte, here expressing concession ('even if...'). Its concessive force is emphasized by the accompanying etiam (even).
- 5.1.71.prcomminatur ... cogniturum se et pronuntiaturum
The verb comminatur (threatens/warns) governs an accusative with infinitive construction with se as the subject and the future active infinitives cogniturum [esse] and pronuntiaturum [esse] (with esse omitted). It indicates that the subject of the main clause, is qui edictum dedit (he who issued the edict, i.e., the judge), will himself conduct the hearing and pronounce the judgment.