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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §2.12.5.pr

Suspension of Judicial Duties on New Year's Eve

Passage 347 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This passage describes the custom that magistrates do not administer justice or make themselves available to the public on the day before the Kalends of January.

[ULPIANUS libro sexagensimo secundo ad edictum. ] §2.12.5.prPridie kalendas Ianuarias magistratus neque ius dicere, sed nec sui potestatem facere consuerunt.
[ULPIAN, On the Edict, book 62] On the day before the Kalends of January, magistrates are accustomed neither to administer justice, nor indeed to make themselves accessible.

Notes

  1. §2.12.5.prsui potestatem facere — An idiomatic expression meaning "to make oneself accessible" or "to grant an audience/opportunity to approach." Here, sui is the genitive of the reflexive pronoun, functioning as an objective genitive modifying potestatem (power, opportunity). It refers to magistrates making themselves available to the public for legal or official requests.
  2. §2.12.5.prneque ... sed nec — A correlative structure meaning "neither... nor indeed...", emphasizing the second negative. sed nec is equivalent to sed etiam non or "and indeed not/not even," adding a stronger negative emphasis to the second term.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §2.12.5.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:2.12.5.pr

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