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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §11.7.40.pr

Temporary Deposition of a Body and Secular Ground

Passage 1844 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It explains that a place where a body is brought with the intention of temporary deposition remains secular (locus profanus) rather than becoming religious.

[PAULUS libro tertio quaestionum. ] §11.7.40.prSi quis enim eo animo corpus intulerit, quod cogitaret inde alio postea transferre magisque temporis gratia deponere, quam quod ibi sepeliret mortuum et quasi aeterna sede dare destinauerit, manebit locus profanus.
[PAULUS, Questions, book 3] For if anyone has brought in a body with the intention of thinking to transfer it later from there to another place, and of depositing it rather for a time than because he has determined to bury the dead person there and to give him, as it were, an eternal resting place, the place will remain secular.

Notes

  1. §11.7.40.preo animo... quod — The specific content of eo animo (with such an intention) is explained by the appositive quod clause. Within this quod clause, a comparative structure magisque... quam quod... (with the intention of... rather than because...) is embedded, using the subjunctive mood (cogitaret, sepeliret, destinauerit) to express the subjective intention of the person.
  2. §11.7.40.prtemporis gratia — Literally 'for the sake of time', but here used as an idiomatic expression meaning 'temporarily' or 'for the time being', in contrast to a permanent burial (aeterna sede).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §11.7.40.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:11.7.40.pr

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