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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §4.6.34.pr-4.6.34.1

Denial of Absence on Public Business for Soldiers on Leave

Passage 797 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It is ruled that a soldier staying at home on furlough and a person working on leased public property for tax purposes are not considered legally absent on public business.

[IAUOLENUS libro quinto decimo ex Cassio. ] §4.6.34.prMiles commeatu accepto si domo sua est, rei publicae causa abesse non uidetur.
[JAVOLENUS, from Cassius, Book XV] A soldier, if he is at his home having received a furlough, is not deemed to be absent on public business.
§4.6.34.1Qui operas in publico, quod uectigalium causa locatum est, dat, rei publicae causa non abest.
Anyone who performs services on public property leased for the purpose of revenue is not absent on public business.

Notes

  1. §4.6.34.prcommeatu accepto — An ablative absolute construction (noun + perfect participle) which, combined with the conditional clause `si domo sua est`, describes a specific condition: "having received a furlough, and if he is at his home."
  2. §4.6.34.1in publico, quod uectigalium causa locatum est — The relative pronoun `quod` refers to the neuter singular antecedent `publico` (public land or public property). `locatum est` refers to leasing by the state (to private tax collectors for generating public revenue), together forming a restrictive phrase: "on public property leased for the purpose of taxes (revenue)."

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §4.6.34.pr-4.6.34.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:4.6.34.pr-4.6.34.1

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