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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §2.8.16.pr

Absence from Court for Just Cause and Relief from Perjury

Passage 318 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

States that a person who has promised under oath to appear in court is not deemed to have committed perjury if they fail to do so for an approved reason.

[PAULUS libro sexto ad edictum. ] §2.8.16.prQui iurato promisit iudicio sisti, non uidetur peierasse, si ex concessa causa hoc deseruerit.
[PAULUS, in the sixth book on the Edict.] He who has promised under oath to appear in court does not seem to have committed perjury, if he has failed to do this for an allowed reason.

Notes

  1. §2.8.16.priurato — The neuter singular ablative of the perfect participle iuratus is used adverbially, meaning "under oath" or "having sworn."
  2. §2.8.16.prsisti — The present passive infinitive of sistere (to cause to stand, to produce). Here it is used in a reflexive or intransitive sense, meaning "to appear [in court]" or "to present oneself."
  3. §2.8.16.prhoc deseruerit — The pronoun hoc (neuter singular accusative) refers to the act of appearing in court (iudicio sisti). deserere means "to abandon" or "to fail to perform" an obligation or promise.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §2.8.16.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:2.8.16.pr

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