[LICINIUS RUFINUS libro secundo regularum. ] §22.5.6.prIdonei non uidentur esse testes, quibus imperari potest ut testes fiant.
[LICINIUS RUFINUS, Rules, Book 2.]Those who can be ordered to become witnesses do not seem to be competent witnesses.
Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §22.5.6.pr
Incompetence of Witnesses Subject to Compulsion
Summary
The text states the rule regarding the competency of witnesses, asserting that those who can be compelled or ordered to become witnesses are not considered competent witnesses.
Notes
- §22.5.6.prquibus imperari potest — Since the verb impero (to command) governs the dative case, when used in the passive voice, it must be constructed impersonally (imperatur), leaving the person commanded in the dative (here, the relative pronoun quibus). Thus, quibus imperari potest literally means 'to whom it can be commanded'.
- §22.5.6.pridonei non uidentur esse testes — The main verb uidentur (they seem / are deemed) is used personally with the predicate nominative idonei... testes. The relative clause quibus... fiant modifies the subject testes.
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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §22.5.6.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:22.5.6.pr
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