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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §27.1.22.pr-27.1.22.1

Exemption of Geometricians and Those Serving the Emperor

Passage 3963 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It stipulates that geometricians are not exempt from tutelage, and that those assigned a duty by the emperor are excused from tutelage while they are performing that duty.

[SCAEUOLA libro primo regularum. ] §27.1.22.prGeometrae a tutelis non uacant.
[SCAEVOLA, from the first book of Rules.] Geometricians are not exempt from tutelage.
H §27.1.22.1i uero, quibus princeps curam alicuius rei iunxit, excusantur a tutela, donec curam gerunt.
H But those to whom the emperor has assigned the care of any matter are excused from tutelage as long as they exercise that care.

Notes

  1. §27.1.22.1i — The nominative masculine plural of the demonstrative pronoun `is` (equivalent to `ii`), serving as the subject of the main verb `excusantur` and the antecedent of the relative pronoun `quibus`. Some readings join this with the preceding `H` to form `Hi` ("these"), but in this text it functions as `i` ("those").
  2. §27.1.22.1donec curam gerunt — The conjunction `donec` with the indicative present `gerunt` expresses duration and simultaneity, meaning "as long as" or "while they are carrying out."

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §27.1.22.pr-27.1.22.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:27.1.22.pr-27.1.22.1

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