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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §4.6.2.pr-4.6.2.1

Scope of the Edict and Relief for Absence due to Fear

Passage 765 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Callistratus explains that the edict on restoration to the original state is less frequently used in practice because extraordinary procedures apply to such persons, and specifies the condition for relief regarding absence due to fear.

[CALLISTRATUS libro secundo edicti monitorii. ] §4.6.2.prHoc edictum, quod ad eos pertinet, qui ei continentur, minus in usu frequentatur: huiusmodi enim personis extra ordinem ius dicitur ex senatus consultis et principalibus constitutionibus.
[CALLISTRATUS libro secundo edicti monitorii.] This edict, which pertains to those who are covered by it, is less frequently used in practice; for justice is administered to persons of this kind extraordinarily based on senatusconsults and imperial constitutions.
§4.6.2.1Hoc autem capite adiuuantur in primis hi, qui metus causa afuissent: scilicet si non superuacuo timore deterriti afuissent.
Now, under this chapter, those are primarily assisted who had been absent because of fear; that is, provided they had not been absent through being deterred by a groundless fear.

Notes

  1. §4.6.2.prei continentur — The demonstrative pronoun `ei` is a dative referring to the preceding `Hoc edictum`, and the passive `continentur` means "are contained in" or "are covered by" (the edict).
  2. §4.6.2.prextra ordinem — Refers to the "extraordinary procedure" (cognitio extra ordinem), in which magistrates or imperial officials investigate and decide cases directly, outside the framework of the ordinary civil procedure (ordo iudiciorum privatorum).
  3. §4.6.2.1superuacuo timore — An ablative of means/cause meaning "by groundless (unnecessary) fear," modifying the participle `deterriti` (deterred, frightened). It indicates that absence caused by mere subjective cowardice is excluded from the relief (restoration to the original state) provided by the edict.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §4.6.2.pr-4.6.2.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:4.6.2.pr-4.6.2.1

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