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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §39.2.1.pr

Delegation of Jurisdiction to Municipal Magistrates for Prospective Damage

Passage 6122 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This text explains that when prospective damage requires rapid action and delay is deemed dangerous, the praetor rightly thought that the matter should be delegated to municipal magistrates rather than reserving jurisdiction for himself.

[ULPIANUS libro primo ad edictum. ] §39.2.1.prCum res damni infecti celeritatem desiderat et periculosa dilatio praetori uidetur, si ex hac causa sibi iurisdictionem reseruaret, magistratibus municipalibus delegandum hoc recte putauit.
[ULPIANUS libro primo ad edictum.] Since the matter of prospective damage requires speed and delay seems dangerous to the praetor, if he were to reserve jurisdiction to himself in this case, he rightly thought that this should be delegated to municipal magistrates.

Notes

  1. §39.2.1.prsi ex hac causa sibi iurisdictionem reseruaret — The imperfect subjunctive reseruaret in the conditional clause subordinate to the past main verb putauit expresses a counterfactual condition from the perspective of the past (if he were to reserve).
  2. §39.2.1.prdelegandum — A gerundive (accusative neuter singular) with esse omitted, forming an accusative-and-infinitive construction as the object of putauit, expressing obligation (should be delegated).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §39.2.1.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:39.2.1.pr

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