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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §35.2.2.pr

Limit on Deductions for Monument Construction

Passage 5447 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It states the limitation on the deductible expenses for a monument, ruling that no more should be allowed than what is sufficient for a modest appearance of the monument.

[MARCELLUS libro uicesimo secundo digestorum. ] §35.2.2.prNec amplius concedendum erit, quam quod sufficiat ad speciem modicam monumenti.
[MARCELLUS, from the twenty-second book of the Digests.] Nor should anything more be allowed than what is sufficient for a modest appearance of the monument.

Notes

  1. 35.2.2.prconcedendum erit — A passive periphrastic construction using the gerundive to express obligation or necessity in the future: 'it will have to be allowed' or 'should be allowed'.
  2. 35.2.2.prsufficiat — The present subjunctive in a relative clause of characteristic or restriction introduced by 'quod', defining the class of things that are 'sufficient' for a modest appearance.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §35.2.2.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:35.2.2.pr

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