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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §2.12.4.pr

Provincial Governors Setting Harvest Recesses

Passage 346 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It explains that provincial governors customarily set a period for harvest and vintage in accordance with local customs.

[PAULUS libro primo ad edictum. ] §2.12.4.prPraesides prouinciarum ex consuetudine cuinsque loci solent messis uindemiarumque causa tempus statuere.
[PAULUS, On the Edict, book 1] Governors of provinces are accustomed, in accordance with the custom of each locality, to set a time for harvest and vintage.

Notes

  1. §2.12.4.prcuinsque loci — The form cuinsque in the text is a scribal error or variant reading for cuiusque (the genitive singular of quisque), meaning 'of each'. It modifies consuetudine, meaning 'in accordance with the custom of each locality'.
  2. §2.12.4.prtempus — The noun tempus (time, period) in this context refers to the judicial recess or period of suspension of legal proceedings during harvest and vintage, as understood from the preceding context of D. 2.12.3.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §2.12.4.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:2.12.4.pr

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