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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §3.3.71.pr

Defense of Absence by Defendant through a Procurator

Passage 554 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It stipulates that an absent defendant is permitted to present the reasons for their absence through a representative.

[PAULUS libro primo sententiarum. ] §3.3.71.prAbsens reus causas absentiae per procuratorem reddere potest.
[PAULUS in the first book of Opinions.] An absent defendant can render the reasons for his absence through a procurator.

Notes

  1. §3.3.71.prcausas... reddere — The verb `reddere` literally means "to return" or "to restore," but when combined with `causa` (reason, case), the phrase `causam / causas reddere` forms a legal idiom meaning "to render reasons" or "to explain/justify one's absence or actions."

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §3.3.71.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:3.3.71.pr

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