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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §2.13.5.pr

Time Allowance for the Delivery of Account Books

Passage 357 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It rules that a reasonable period of time must be granted for conveying the accounts or their copies to another location.

[PAULUS libro tertio ad edictum. ] §2.13.5.prspatiumque ad perferendas eas tribuendum est.
[PAULUS, on the Edict, book 3] And a period of time must be granted for conveying them.

Notes

  1. §2.13.5.prspatium — While originally denoting spatial or temporal extent, here it refers to the 'interval of time' or 'period' allowed for transporting or sending the accounts or copies, taking physical distance into account.
  2. §2.13.5.prad perferendas eas — A purpose construction featuring the preposition ad with the gerundive perferendas agreeing in gender, number, and case with the pronoun eas (feminine accusative plural). Contextually, eas refers to the accounts (rationes, feminine plural) to be disclosed.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §2.13.5.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:2.13.5.pr

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