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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §2.4.14.pr

A Freedman's Defense Against a Patron as Not a Summons

Passage 278 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

By Papinianus. It explains that a freedman made a defendant by his patron, who addresses the governor in his own defense, is not deemed to summon his patron to court.

[PAPINIANUS libro primo responsorum. ] §2.4.14.prLibertus a patrono reus constitutus, qui se defendere paratus pro tribunali praesidem prouinciae frequenter interpellat, patronum accusatorem in ius non uidetur uocare.
[PAPINIANUS, in the first book of Opinions.] A freedman who has been made a defendant by his patron, and who, prepared to defend himself, frequently addresses the governor of the province before the tribunal, is not considered to summon his patron, the accuser, to court.

Notes

  1. §2.4.14.prpatronum accusatorem — accusatorem is in apposition to patronum (accusative), meaning "his patron, who is the accuser."
  2. §2.4.14.prnon uidetur uocare — uidetur (third-person singular passive) forms a personal construction with the infinitive uocare (nominative with infinitive rather than accusative with infinitive), meaning "is not deemed to summon." The subject of the sentence is Libertus.
  3. §2.4.14.prse defendere paratus — The adjective paratus is nominative singular masculine, predicatively modifying the relative pronoun qui (whose antecedent is Libertus), meaning "prepared to defend himself."

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §2.4.14.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:2.4.14.pr

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