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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §1.16.12.pr

Right of Legates with Delegated Jurisdiction to Appoint a Judge

Passage 197 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Paulus explains that a legate has the right to appoint a judge, provided that jurisdiction has been delegated to him.

[PAULUS libro secundo ad edictum. ] §1.16.12.prLegatus mandata sibi iurisdictione iudicis dandi ius habet.
[PAULUS, from the second book On the Edict.] A legate, when jurisdiction has been delegated to him, has the right to appoint a judge.

Notes

  1. §1.16.12.prmandata sibi iurisdictione — This is an ablative absolute construction consisting of the perfect participle mandata and the noun iurisdictione, expressing the condition or circumstance under which the legate has the authority (i.e., when jurisdiction has been delegated to him).
  2. §1.16.12.priudicis dandi — A gerundive construction where the noun iudicis and the gerundive dandi agree in gender, number, and case (genitive), modifying ius. It means "the right of appointing (giving) a judge."

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