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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §1.18.11.pr

Sole Jurisdiction of the Governor over Provincial Claims

Passage 213 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It explains that all provincial petitions, which in Rome are divided among various different magistrates, fall under the single jurisdiction of the provincial governor.

[MARCIANUS libro tertio institutionum. ] §1.18.11.prOmnia enim prouincialia desideria, quae Romae uarios iudices habent, ad officium praesidum pertinent.
[MARCIANUS, in the third book of Institutes.] For all provincial petitions, which have various judges in Rome, belong to the office of the governors.

Notes

  1. §1.18.11.prquae Romae uarios iudices habent — The relative pronoun `quae` (neuter plural) refers to the antecedent `desideria`. It can be construed either as nominative ("petitions which have various judges") or as accusative ("petitions which various judges have/handle", where `uarios iudices` is the subject of `habent`). In either reading, it highlights the contrast between the division of judicial labor among various magistrates in Rome and the concentration of all such jurisdictions in the single office of the provincial governor (praeses).

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