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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §22.5.25.pr

Prohibition of Testimony by Advocates and Agents

Passage 3278 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Arcadius explains that according to the imperial instructions, governors must ensure that patrons and business agents do not testify in cases where they have provided representation.

[ARCADIUS qui et CHARISIUS libro singulari de testibus. ] §22.5.25.prMandatis caueatur, ut praesides attendant, ne patroni in causa cui patrocinium praestiterunt testimo- nium dicant.
[ARCADIUS, WHO IS ALSO CALLED CHARISIUS, in his single book on Witnesses.] It should be provided in the imperial instructions that governors should take care that patrons do not give evidence in a case in which they have provided advocacy.
quod et in exsecutoribus negotiorum obseruandum est.
This must also be observed in the case of agents of business.

Notes

  1. §22.5.25.prMandatis caueatur — mandatis is an ablative plural referring to "imperial instructions (mandata)". caueatur is an impersonal passive subjunctive (present), expressing an obligation or command ("it should be provided/cautioned"), taking the ut-clause as its substantive subject.
  2. §22.5.25.prquod — A connecting relative pronoun in the nominative neuter singular, referring back to the entire clause/action of the preceding sentence (that patrons should not testify in cases they advocated).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §22.5.25.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:22.5.25.pr

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