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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §22.5.19.pr-22.5.19.1

Exemption from Testifying and Inadmissibility of Wards

Passage 3272 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

The passage lists individuals exempt from giving evidence—tax-farmers, those absent for legitimate reasons, and military suppliers—and prohibits summoning wards to give evidence.

[ULPIANUS libro octauo de officio proconsulis. ] §22.5.19.prInuiti testimonium non dicunt publicani, item is qui non detractandi testimonii causa aberit, item is qui quid exercitui praebendum conduxerit.
[ULPIAN, in his eighth book on the Office of Proconsul.] Tax-farmers do not give evidence against their will; likewise, a person who is absent, not for the purpose of avoiding giving evidence, and likewise, a person who has contracted to supply something to the army.
§22.5.19.1Sed nec pupillis testimonium denuntiari potest.
But neither can a summons to give evidence be served on wards.

Notes

  1. §22.5.19.prInuiti — The adjective inviti modifies the subject publicani but functions predicatively, meaning "against their will" or "unwillingly."
  2. §22.5.19.prnon detractandi testimonii causa — detractandi testimonii is a gerundive construction, which, combined with causa governing the genitive, expresses purpose (not for the purpose of avoiding giving evidence).
  3. §22.5.19.prquid exercitui praebendum — quid is used in place of the indefinite pronoun aliquid (something) and is modified by the gerundive praebendum (to be supplied). The entire phrase forms the object of conduxerit (has contracted).
  4. §22.5.19.1pupillis — Dative plural. It functions as the indirect object of the passive infinitive denuntiari (to be summoned/notified), indicating that a summons to give evidence cannot be issued to wards.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §22.5.19.pr-22.5.19.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:22.5.19.pr-22.5.19.1

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