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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §12.1.33.pr

Prohibition of Trade and Money Lending for Governors

Passage 1888 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Modestinus states the provisions of the imperial constitutions that forbid provincial governors and their entourages from engaging in trade, lending money, or practicing usury.

[MODESTINUS libro decimo pandectarum. ] §12.1.33.prPrincipalibus constitutionibus cauetur, ne hi qui prouinciam regunt quiue circa eos sunt negotientur mutuamue pecuniam dent faenusue exerceant.
[MODESTINUS, from the tenth book of the Pandects.] It is provided by imperial constitutions that those who govern a province or who are around them shall not engage in trade, lend money as a loan, or practice usury.

Notes

  1. §12.1.33.prcauetur — The third-person singular passive of caueo, used impersonally. It means 'it is provided' or 'precaution is taken', introducing the negative clause of purpose/decree with ne (ne... negotientur...).
  2. §12.1.33.prquiue — The relative pronoun qui with the enclitic conjunction -ue ('or'). The antecedent is the demonstrative pronoun hi at the beginning of the clause, coordinating two relative clauses: hi qui regunt ('those who rule') and hi qui circa eos sunt ('those who are around them').

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §12.1.33.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:12.1.33.pr

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