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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §12.2.15.pr

Administering Oaths at Home for Dignitaries and the Sick

Passage 1912 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Paulus states that for distinguished persons or those prevented by illness, someone should be sent to their homes to administer the oath.

[IDEM libro sexto ad edictum. ] §12.2.15.prAd personas egregias eosque qui ualetudine impediuntur domum mitti oportet ad iurandum.
[THE SAME, Book VI on the Edict.] To distinguished persons and those who are prevented by ill health, [someone] ought to be sent to their home for the purpose of taking the oath.

Notes

  1. §12.2.15.prdomum mitti oportet — The impersonal verb oportet takes the passive infinitive mitti (to be sent) as its subject; the accusative subject of the infinitive (the person to be sent) is left indefinite and unexpressed.
  2. §12.2.15.prad personas egregias... domum — The prepositional phrase ad personas egregias (to distinguished persons) and the accusative domum (home) function together to indicate the destination: "to the homes of those persons."
  3. §12.2.15.prad iurandum — The preposition ad combined with the accusative of the gerund iurandum (swearing) expresses purpose: "for the purpose of taking the oath" or "to administer the oath."

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §12.2.15.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:12.2.15.pr

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