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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §3.3.20.pr

Impediment of a Procurator by Trial, Illness, or Urgent Affairs

Passage 503 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It addresses cases where a procurator is prevented from acting due to a public or private trial, ill health, or more important personal business.

[PAULUS libro octauo ad edictum. ] §3.3.20.pruel iudicio publico priuatoue uel ualetudine uel maiore re sua distringatur.
[PAULUS, in the eighth book on the Edict.] or is distracted by a public or private trial, or by ill health, or by his own more important business.

Notes

  1. §3.3.20.prdistringatur — This verb is coordinated with "sit" in the conditional clause ("si ...") of the preceding fragment (3.3.19.pr), with this entire fragment presenting additional alternative conditions (uel ... uel ... uel ...). "distringatur" is the third-person singular present subjunctive passive, and its subject is the "procurator" understood from the previous fragment.
  2. §3.3.20.prualetudine — Ablative of means or cause. While "ualetudine" literally means "state of health" (whether good or bad), in this context it refers specifically to "ill health" or "sickness" that prevents action.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §3.3.20.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:3.3.20.pr

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