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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §2.4.3.pr

Prohibition of Summoning Those Accompanying a Funeral

Passage 267 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section states that those who accompany a corpse should not be summoned to court, noting that this rule is confirmed by a rescript of the deified imperial brothers.

[CALLISTRATUS libro primo cognitionum. ] §2.4.3.pruel qui cadauer prosequuntur, quod etiam uidetur ex rescripto diuorum fratrum comprobatum esse:
[CALLISTRATUS, in the first book on Cognitions.] or those who follow a corpse, which also seems to have been confirmed by a rescript of the deified brothers:

Notes

  1. §2.4.3.pruel qui — The conjunction uel ("or") continues the context of the preceding fragment (D. 2.4.2.pr: "ought not to be summoned to court") despite originating from a different author, adding those who accompany a corpse to the list of exempt persons.
  2. §2.4.3.prdiuorum fratrum — "The deified brothers" (diui fratres) is a standard legal designation referring to the co-emperors Marcus Aurelius Antoninus and Lucius Verus (reigned together 161–169 AD).
  3. §2.4.3.prquod — A relative pronoun in the neuter nominative serving as a connective, referring back to the entire preceding clause (the exemption of those who accompany a corpse) and acting as the subject of uidetur... comprobatum esse ("seems to have been confirmed").

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §2.4.3.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:2.4.3.pr

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