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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §4.6.37.pr

Denial of Absence for Assessors Overstaying in Provinces

Passage 800 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

States that those who serve as assessors in their province beyond the time permitted by imperial constitutions are not considered to be absent on public business.

[PAULUS libro tertio ad legem Iuliam et Papiam. ] §4.6.37.prHi, qui in prouincia sua ultra tempus a constitutionibus concessum adsident, publica causa abesse non intelleguntur.
[PAULUS, On the Julian and Papian Law, Book III] Those who act as assessors in their own province beyond the period granted by the imperial constitutions are not understood to be absent on public business.

Notes

  1. §4.6.37.pradsident — The verb adsidere (or assidere) here refers to serving as an assessor (assessor), a legal advisor who sits by a provincial governor or magistrate to assist them. In this context, it describes remaining in this office beyond the legally permitted term.
  2. §4.6.37.prconcessum — The perfect passive participle of concedere in the neuter accusative singular, modifying the preceding noun tempus (period). The ablative of agent a constitutionibus (by the constitutions) is dependent on this participle, forming the phrase "the period granted by the constitutions."
  3. §4.6.37.prnon intelleguntur — An instance of the nominative with infinitive (nominativus cum infinitivo) construction. The subject of the passive main verb intelleguntur (Hi, qui...) also functions as the logical subject of the infinitive abesse, meaning "they are not understood to be absent."

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §4.6.37.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:4.6.37.pr

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