Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §1.12.2.pr

Jurisdiction of the City Prefect over Bankers

Passage 175 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It stipulates that, in accordance with a letter of the divine Hadrian, the prefect of the city can be approached even in pecuniary disputes, whether initiated by bankers or directed against them.

[PAULUS libro singulari de officio praefecti urbi. ] §1.12.2.prAdiri etiam ab argentariis uel aduersus eos ex epistula diui Hadriani et in pecuniariis causis potest.

[PAULUS, in his single book On the Office of the Prefect of the City.] He can also be approached, in accordance with a letter of the divine Hadrian, even in pecuniary cases, either by bankers or against them.

Notes

1.12.2.prAdiri... potest — adiri is the passive infinitive of adire (to approach, petition, or bring a case before the prefect). The phrase adiri potest can be construed impersonally ("it is possible to approach [the prefect]") or with the omitted subject praefectus ("he [the prefect] can be approached"). In either interpretation, it establishes the prefect's jurisdiction over pecuniary disputes involving bankers, whether they are plaintiffs (ab argentariis) or defendants (aduersus eos).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §1.12.2.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:1.12.2.pr

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