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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §4.6.33.pr-4.6.33.2

Absence on Public Business for Advocates, Doctors, and Scribes

Passage 796 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It is explained that while advocates of the treasury and military physicians are eligible for relief under the general clause or restitution, those who record the governors' acts in shorthand are not considered absent on public business.

[IDEM libro singulari de enucleatis casibus. ] §4.6.33.prInter eos, qui ex generali clausula adiuuantur, et fisci patronus connumeratur.
[THE SAME, in the single book on Solved Cases.] Among those who are assisted by the general clause, the advocate of the treasury is also included.
§4.6.33.1Eos, qui notis scribunt acta praesidum, rei publicae causa non abesse certum est.
It is certain that those who write down the acts of governors in shorthand are not absent on public business.
§4.6.33.2Militum medici, quoniam officium quod gerunt et publice prodest et fraudem eis adferre non debet, restitutionis auxilium implorare possunt.
Military physicians, since the duty which they perform is both of public utility and ought not to bring prejudice to them, can implore the aid of restitution.

Notes

  1. §4.6.33.1Eos, qui notis scribunt acta praesidum, rei publicae causa non abesse certum est — The accusative and infinitive (AcI) clause `Eos... non abesse` serves as the subject of the impersonal expression `certum est` ("it is certain"). The antecedent `Eos` is modified by the relative clause `qui notis...`. Here, `notis` (ablative plural of `nota`) represents the means ("by shorthand/notations").
  2. §4.6.33.2fraudem — Here, `fraus` (accusative `fraudem`) does not have its general meaning of "fraud" or "deceit," but is used in the sense of "(legal or financial) disadvantage, loss, or prejudice," which is common in classical legal texts.
  3. §4.6.33.2restitutionis auxilium — `restitutionis` is a genitive of definition (or appositional genitive) modifying `auxilium` ("aid"), referring to the legal remedy of "restitution to the original state" (restitutio in integrum) under Roman law.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §4.6.33.pr-4.6.33.2. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:4.6.33.pr-4.6.33.2

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