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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §3.4.4.pr

Counting Appointed Agents Toward Council Quorums

Passage 565 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Prescribes that the person designated as a representative by the city council can also be counted toward the two-thirds quorum required for the meeting.

[PAULUS libro nono ad edictum. ] §3.4.4.prPlane ut duae partes decurionum adfuerint, is quoque quem decernent numerari potest.
[PAULUS, in the ninth book on the Edict.] Clearly, provided that two-thirds of the decurions are present, that person also whom they shall designate can be counted.

Notes

  1. §3.4.4.prPlane ut — A combination of the adverb plane (clearly, of course) and the conditional conjunction ut (provided that, if). It serves to clarify or supplement the condition of 'the presence of two-thirds' mentioned in the preceding fragment (D. 3.4.3.pr).
  2. §3.4.4.prnumerari potest — 'Can be counted.' The passive infinitive numerari here means that the very person being designated by the council can also be counted as part of the attending members required to make up the quorum (two-thirds) for the vote.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §3.4.4.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:3.4.4.pr

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