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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §39.4.10.pr-39.4.10.1

Prohibition of Unauthorized Taxes and Defaulting Lessees

Passage 6209 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It regulates the prohibition of local authorities from establishing or altering taxes without an imperial order, and allows the eviction of tax lessees before the expiration of the lease or the demand for interest in case of non-payment.

[HERMOGENIANUS libro quinto epitomarum. ] §39.4.10.prVectigalia sine imperatorum praecepto neque praesidi neque curatori neque curiae constituere nec praecedentia reformare et his uel addere uel deminuere licet.
[HERMOGENIANUS, Epitomes, Book V.] Without an order of the emperors, it is not permitted for a governor, a curator, or a municipal council to establish taxes, nor to reform existing ones, nor to add to or diminish them.
§39.4.10.1Non solutis uectigalium pensionibus pellere conductores necdum etiam tempore conductionis completo uel ab his usuras ex mora exigere permittitur.
If the rental payments for the taxes are not paid, it is permitted to expel the lessees, even if the term of the lease is not yet complete, or to demand interest from them for delay.

Notes

  1. §39.4.10.prneque praesidi neque curatori neque curiae — These datives act as the indirect objects of the impersonal verb "licet". The following infinitives (constituere, reformare, addere, deminuere) function as the real subject of "licet".
  2. §39.4.10.1Non solutis uectigalium pensionibus — An ablative absolute expressing condition ("if the payments of the taxes are not made"). Meanwhile, "necdum etiam tempore conductionis completo" is another ablative absolute functioning concessively ("even if the term of the lease is not yet complete") to modify the infinitive "pellere".

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §39.4.10.pr-39.4.10.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:39.4.10.pr-39.4.10.1

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