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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §19.2.56.pr

Procedure to Open Premises and Inventory of Absent Tenants

Passage 2877 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

On the procedure for owners of warehouses and tenements to open premises and inventory contents when tenants are long absent and in arrears, requiring a two-year waiting period.

[IDEM libro singulari de officio praefecti uigilum. ] §19.2.56.prCum domini horreorum insularumque desiderant diu non apparentibus nec eius temporis pensiones exsoluentibus conductoribus aperire et ea quae ibi sunt describere, a publicis personis quorum interest audiendi sunt.
[THE SAME, from his single book on the Office of the Prefect of the Watch.] When the owners of warehouses and tenement houses wish to open them and make an inventory of what is there, in the case of tenants who have not appeared for a long time and have not paid rent for that period, their application must be heard by the competent public officials.
tempus autem in huiusmodi re biennii debet obseruari.
However, in a matter of this kind, a period of two years must be observed.

Notes

  1. §19.2.56.prconductoribus — Dative of indirect object, modified by the preceding participles diu non apparentibus..., indicating the persons whose rented premises are to be opened and inventoried.
  2. §19.2.56.praudiendi sunt — Gerundive of obligation agreeing with the subject domini, indicating that the owners must have their case heard by (and obtain authorization from) the public officials rather than acting on their own.
  3. §19.2.56.prquorum interest — The impersonal verb interest takes the genitive of the person concerned. Here, the relative pronoun quorum refers back to publicis personis, meaning 'the public officials whose concern it is' or 'competent officials.'

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §19.2.56.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:19.2.56.pr

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